Hemoglobin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hemoglobin \Hem"o*glo"bin\, n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.)
     The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of
     vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin,
     and is also called {h[ae]matoglobulin}. 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
     {h[ae]matocrystallin}. See {Blood crystal}, under {Blood}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hemoglobin
       n : 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"
           [syn: {haemoglobin}, {Hb}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "hemoglobin":
     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