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Hemoglobin   /hˌiməglˈoʊbən/   Listen
Hemoglobin

noun
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.  Synonyms: haemoglobin, Hb.



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"Hemoglobin" Quotes from Famous Books



... hit me. They developed the stuff to fight off fungus on Venus, where one part in a billion did the trick. But it was tricky stuff; one part in ten-million would destroy the chlorophyll in plants in about twenty hours, or the hemoglobin in blood in about fifteen minutes. It ...
— Let'em Breathe Space • Lester del Rey


Words linked to "Hemoglobin" :   haemoprotein, red blood cell, haematohiston, heme, hematohiston, haemoglobin, erythrocyte, oxyhaemoglobin, haemitin, hemoprotein, protoheme, oxyhemoglobin, globin, hematin, haem, RBC


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