Homophones for heam, heme (haem)

heam / heme (haem) [hi:m]

heam – n. – 1. the non-human equivalent of afterbirth; 2. the amnion, a caul

heme (haem) – n. – a chelation compound, C34H32O4N4Fe, of ferrous ion and protoporphyrin, obtained on reduction of hæmatin: the red-coloured non-protein constituent of hæmoglobin