haemoglobin

haemoglobin or US hemoglobin [hee-moh-globe-in]

Noun

a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues [Greek haima blood + Latin globus ball]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

haemoglobin - 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" Hb, hemoglobin erythrocyte, RBC, red blood cell - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus haemoprotein, hemoprotein - a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin - the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs; "oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body" haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme - a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds globin, haematohiston, hematohiston - a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells

Translations

haemoglobin, hemoglobin (US) [ˈhiːməˈgləubɪn] n → hemoglobina

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haemoglobin (US), hemoglobin [ˈhiːməˈgləubɪn] n → hémoglobine f

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haemoglobin (US) hemoglobin [ˈhiːməˈgləubɪn] n → Hämoglobin nt

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haemoglobin (US), hemoglobin [hiːməuˈgləubɪn] n → emoglobina

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haemoglobin

n haemoglobin [hiːməˈgloubin]

the oxygen-carrying substance in red blood cells. hemoglobien هيموغلوبين хемоглобин hemoglobin hæmoglobin das Hämoglobin αιμογλοβίνη hemoglobina hemoglobiin هموگلبين hemoglobiini hémoglobine הֶמוֹגלוֹבִּין लाल रक्तकणिका hemoglobin hemoglobin hemoglobin blóðrauði emoglobina ヘモグロビン 헤모글로빈 hemoglobinas hemoglobīns hemoglobin hemoglobin hemoglobina hemoglobina hemo­globină гемоглобин hemoglobín hemoglobin hemoglobin hemoglobin เม็ดสีนำออกซิเจนที่อยู่ในเซลล์ของเม็ดเลือดแดง hemoglobin 血紅蛋白 гемоглобін خون کے ذرات میں پایا جانے والا آکسیجن کا حامل مادّہ huyết cầu tố 血红蛋白