Hemoglobin Definition
hēmə-glōbĭn
noun
The red coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrates, a protein yielding heme and globin on hydrolysis: it carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, and carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs.
Webster's New World
Any of various respiratory pigments found in the blood or muscle tissue of many invertebrates and in the root nodules of some plants.
Webster's New World
The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Hemoglobin
Noun
Singular:
hemoglobin
Plural:
hemoglobinsOrigin of Hemoglobin
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From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haima, “blood”) + Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in.
From Wiktionary
Ultimately short for hematinoglobulin hematin globulin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Ultimately short for hematinoglobulin hematin globulin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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