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haemitin |
haemodialysis |
haemodoraceae |
haemodorum |
haemogenesis |
haemoglobin
| haemoglobinemia
| haemoglobinopathy
| haemoglobinuria
| haemolysin
| haemolysis
haemoglobin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun haemoglobin has 1 sense
- haemoglobin(n = noun.substance) hb, hemoglobin - 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" is a kind of haemoprotein, hemoprotein
has particulars: oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin
OXFORD DICTIONARY
haemoglobin, n. (US hemoglobin) a red oxygen-carrying substance containing iron, present in the red blood-cells of vertebrates.
Etymology
shortened f. haematoglobin, compound of HAEMATIN + GLOBULIN
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