haemoglobin

US hemoglobin

/ (ˌhiːməʊˈɡləʊbɪn, ˌhɛm-) /

noun

a conjugated protein, consisting of haem and the protein globin, that gives red blood cells their characteristic colour. It combines reversibly with oxygen and is thus very important in the transportation of oxygen to tissues See also oxyhaemoglobin

Word Origin for haemoglobin

C19: shortened from haematoglobulin, from haematin + globulin the two components

Words nearby haemoglobin

haemocyanin, haemocyte, haemocytometer, haemodialysis, haemoflagellate, haemoglobin, haemoglobinometer, haemoglobinopathy, haemoglobinuria, haemoid, haemolysin

Example sentences from the Web for haemoglobin

There is no blood system, and the coelomic corpuscles contain 795 haemoglobin.

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Haemoglobin is extracted from the blood of an ox and may be administered in bolus form.

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It is very poisonous, uniting with the haemoglobin of the blood to form carbonyl-haemoglobin.

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The concentration of the haemoglobin in the corpuscles attains its maximum in the mammal and the bird.

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No direct connexion has been traced between the chlorophyll eaten with the food and the haemoglobin of blood and muscle.

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