About The Word Hemoglobin
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Hemoglobin
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What's The Definition Of Hemoglobin?
[n] a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hemoglobin: haemoglobin | Hb Related Terms | Find terms related to Hemoglobin: albumin | albuminoid | antibody | antigen | arterial blood | blood | blood bank | blood cell | blood count | blood donor | blood donor center | blood group | blood grouping | blood picture | blood platelet | blood pressure | blood serum | blood substitute | bloodmobile | bloodstream | casein | chlorophyll | chromoprotein | circulation | clinical dextran | collagen | dextran | edestin | elastin | erythrocyte | fibroin | globin | globulin | glutenin | glycoprotein | gore | grume | hematics | hematologist | hematology | hematoscope | hematoscopy | hemocyte | hemometer | histone | humor | ichor | ichthulin | interferon | isoantibody | lactalbumin | lecithoprotein | leukocyte | lifeblood | lipid | lipoprotein | lysozyme | mucin | neutrophil | nucleohistone | nucleoprotein | opsonin | oryzenin | osseomucoid | peptide | peptone | phagocyte | phosphoaminolipide | phosphoprotein | plasma | plasma substitute | prolamine | protamine | proteose | red corpuscle | Rh factor | Rhesus factor | Rh-negative | Rh-positive | Rh-type | salmine | serum | serum globulin | tendomucin | thymus histone | type O | venous blood | white corpuscle | zein See Also | erythrocyte | globin | haem | haematohiston | haemitin | haemoprotein | hematin | hematohiston | heme | hemoprotein | oxyhaemoglobin | oxyhemoglobin | protoheme | RBC | red blood cell Hemoglobin In Webster's Dictionary \Hem"o*glo"bin\, n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.)
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of
vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin,
and is also called {h[ae]matoglobulin}. In arterial blood, it
is always combined with oxygen, and is then called
{oxyhemoglobin}. It crystallizes under different forms from
different animals, and when crystallized, is called
{h[ae]matocrystallin}. See {Blood crystal}, under {Blood}.
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