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haemoglobin
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haemoglobin
n.
substance in red blood cells which conveys oxygen from the lungs to body tissues
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Hemoglobin
Hemoglobin (; also spelled haemoglobin and abbreviated Hb or Hgb) is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates (with the exception of the fish family Channichthyidae) as well as the tissues of some invertebrates. Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the respiratory organs (lungs or gills) to the rest of the body (i.e. the tissues) where it releases the oxygen to burn nutrients to provide energy to power the functions of the organism, and collects the resultant carbon dioxide to bring it back to the respiratory organs to be dispensed from the organism.
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haemoglobin
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) hemoglobin, Hb
(hypernym) hemoprotein, haemoprotein
(hyponym) oxyhemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin
(substance-holonym) red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
(substance-meronym) heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme
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Hämoglobin (das)
n.
hemoglobin, substance in red blood cells which conveys oxygen from the lungs to body tissues
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