Hemoglobin

Related Terms:

porphin hemoglobinuria oxygen saturation anisochromasia erythroferrone hemoglobins deoxyhemoglobin pulse oximetry constant spring degmacyte globulin desaturate nonhemoglobin substance red blood cell verdoglobin thalassemia hypohemoglobinemia erythrocyte hemoglobinopathy heme normochromic myochrome hyperchromic apohemoglobin body choleglobin ferrihemoglobin hemoglobinolysis root effect respiratory pigment oxygen iron magnetophoresis hemoglobinization glycohemoglobin bite cell bohr effect hemovore hematocrystallin heinz body hemoglobinase anemia hypoxemia bilirubin erythrolysis carboxyhemoglobin carbamino haematin protein haptoglobin hypochromic siderocyte hyperhemoglobinemia hemoglobinometry conjugated protein porphyrin hemoglobinize hematin containing sulfhemoglobin hemolysis flavohemoglobin hemolysin methemoglobin hemorphin hemovanadin dehemoglobinize mckees rock hæmochromogen hematinic lung vanadocyte haemochromometer blood atom transport

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Noun

hemoglobin haemoglobin Hb

Definition: 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"

Definition: 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).