1. a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells; [syn: globin, hematohiston, haematohiston]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
haematohiston
n 1: a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from
hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells
[syn: globin, hematohiston, haematohiston]