'Hemoglobin' definitions:
Definition of 'hemoglobin'
(from WordNet)
noun
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: hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
Definition of 'Hemoglobin'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'hemoglobin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Rh factor,
- Rh-negative,
- Rh-positive,
- Rh-type,
- Rhesus factor,
- salmine,
- serum,
- serum globulin,
- tendomucin,
- thymus histone,
- type O,
- venous blood,
- white corpuscle,
- zein