hematinic

== English == === Etymology === From hematin +‎ -ic. === Pronunciation === enPR: hē′mə-tĭn′ĭk (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌhiː.məˈtɪn.ɪk/ (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˌhi.məˈtɪn.ɪk/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌhiː.məˈtən.ək/ (India) IPA(key): /ˌhiː.maˈʈin.ik/ Rhymes: -ɪnɪk Hyphenation: he‧ma‧tin‧ic === Adjective === hematinic (comparative more hematinic, superlative most hematinic)(medicine) That improves the quality of blood, especially by increasing the amount of hemoglobin or of red blood cells. Of, relating to, derived from hematin. === Noun === hematinic (plural hematinics)(medicine) Any substance that has a hematinic (adjective sense 1) effect. === Further reading === “hematinic”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.