hemoglobin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hemoglobin	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[91]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[91]matocrystallin}. See {Blood crystal}, under {Blood}.