'Hemoglobin' definitions:

Definition of 'hemoglobin'

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'

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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