Hemoglobin

Noun

 * 1) 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).

Derived terms

 * oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin

Thesaurus
Rh factor, Rh-negative, Rh-positive, Rh-type, Rhesus factor, albumin, albuminoid, antibody, antigen, arterial blood, blood, blood bank, blood cell, blood count, blood donor, blood donor center, blood group, blood grouping, blood picture, blood platelet, blood pressure, blood serum, blood substitute, bloodmobile, bloodstream, casein, chlorophyll, chromoprotein, circulation, clinical dextran, collagen, dextran, edestin, elastin, erythrocyte, fibroin, globin, globulin, glutenin, glycoprotein, gore, grume, hematics, hematologist, hematology, hematoscope, hematoscopy, hemocyte, hemometer, histone, humor, ichor, ichthulin, interferon, isoantibody, lactalbumin, lecithoprotein, leukocyte, lifeblood, lipid, lipoprotein, lysozyme, mucin, neutrophil, nucleohistone, nucleoprotein, opsonin, oryzenin, osseomucoid, peptide, peptone, phagocyte, phosphoaminolipide, phosphoprotein, plasma, plasma substitute, prolamine, protamine, proteose, red corpuscle, salmine, serum, serum globulin, tendomucin, thymus histone, type O, venous blood, white corpuscle, zein

Alternative forms

 * haemoglobin
 * hæmoglobin

Etymology
From αἷμα: +  globus: + -in:.

Translations

 * Armenian: հեմոգլոբին
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: blóðrauða
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: ヘモグロビン, 血色素, 血液色素
 * Polish:
 * Russian: гемоглобин
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: hemoglobin
 * Welsh: ,

Alternative forms

 * haemoglobin

Noun

 * 1) hemoglobin