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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
[syn: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Haemoglobin \H[ae]m`o*glo"bin\, n. Same as Hemoglobin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

haemoglobin n 1: 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" [syn: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]