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[syn: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hemoglobin \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hemoglobin
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "hemoglobin":
Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor,
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, salmine, serum, serum globulin, tendomucin,
thymus histone, type O, venous blood, white corpuscle, zein