Meaning of HEMOGLOBIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'heemu`glowbin
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| | Definition: | | [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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | haemoglobin, Hb |
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| | See Also: | | erythrocyte, globin, haem, haematohiston, haemitin, haemoprotein, hematin, hematohiston, heme, hemoprotein, oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, protoheme, RBC, red blood cell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The iron-containing protein (pigment) found in red blood cells. Hemoglobin transports oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen; it contains heme as a prosthetic group and is composed of four polypeptides. The types of these polypeptide chains are called alpha, beta, gamma, and delta. |
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | the red pigment in erythrocytes that carries oxygen to and carbon dioxide from body tissues. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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