hemoglobin - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hemoglobin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hemoglobin

[ n.]

- The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. 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 haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.

Meaning of 'hemoglobin' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hemoglobin

[ n]

Meaning (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

Example in sentence:

fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals

Nearby Words:

hem hema- hemachate hemachrome hemacite hemadrometer hemadrometry hemadromometer hemadromometry hemadynamics

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Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin is the constituent of red blood cells that gives them their color and carries oxygen.
Leghemoglobin
Leghemoglobin is a hemoglobin-like oxygen-binding red pigment in the root nodules of legumes which protects the nitrogenase enzyme complex

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