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Look up: hemoglobin


  1. hemoglobin
    protein complex found in the blood of most chordates and the roots of certain legumes. It binds oxgen molecules, and in chordates serves as the means by which the oxygen is supplied to the cells of the body.
    Found op http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/glossary_3.html

  2. hemoglobin
    [n] - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=hemoglobin

  3. hemoglobin
    Heme-containing protein in red blood cells with an important function in transporting oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.
    Found op http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacglossary/glossaryh.html

  4. Hemoglobin
    Our Hemoglobin Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Hemoglobin Hemoglobin: The oxygen-carrying pigment and predominant protein in the red blood cells. Hemoglobin forms an unstable, reversible bond with oxygen. In its oxygenated state it is called oxyhemoglobin...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=15738

  5. Hemoglobin
    Hem'o·glo'bin noun [ 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 hæmatoglobulin . In arterial blood, it...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/32

  6. hemoglobin
    Synonym for haemoglobin ... <cell biology, haematology> Four subunit globular oxygen carrying protein of the erythrocytes of vertebrates and some invertebrates. ... It is a conjugated protein containing four haem groups and globin. There are two alpha and two beta chains (very similar to myogl...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?hemoglobin

  7. hemoglobin
    (Hb) (he´mo-glo″bin) the main functional constituent of the erythrocyte, serving as the oxygen-carrying protein; it is a type of hemoprotein in which each molecule contains two pairs of polypeptide chains, the globins, each with an attached heme molecule that contains iron and a protoporphyri...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  8. Hemoglobin
    • (n.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from dif...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hemoglobin/

  9. hemoglobin
    iron-containing protein in the blood of many animals—in the red blood cells (erythrocytes) of vertebrates—that transports oxygen to the tissues. ... [36 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/36

  10. hemoglobin
    hemoglobin, haemoglobin The red coloring matter of the red corpuscles which carry oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, and carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/971/

  11. Hemoglobin
    In mammals, the protein makes up about 97% of the red blood cells` dry content, and around 35% of the total content (including water).{Citation needed|date=April 2011} Hemoglobin has an oxygen binding capacity of 1.34 ml O2 per gram of hemoglobin, which increases the total blood oxygen capacity sev...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoglobin



  1. hemoglobin
    A substance contained within erythrocytes (red blood cells) that is responsible for their color and their remarkably high oxygen-carrying capacity. Hemoglobin – the most efficient oxygen-carrier known – has the unique property of combining reversibly with oxygen and is the medium by whic...
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/hemoglobin.html

  2. Hemoglobin
    A protein that is foundin the blood that is responsible for transporting oxygen to muscle cells. Iron is essential for the production of hemoglobin, which increases during pregnancy. Narrower term(s): Fetal Hemoglobin
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/H/1

  3. hemoglobin
    hemoglobin (hē'muglō"bin) , respiratory protein found in the red blood cells (erythrocytes) of all vertebrates and some invertebrates. A hemoglobin molecule is composed of a protein group, known as globin, and four heme groups, each associated with an iron atom.In the lungs, each...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0823316.html

  4. hemoglobin
    (Hb, Hgb) Type: Term Pronunciation: hē′mō-glō′bin Definitions: 1. The red respiratory protein of erythrocytes, consisting of approximately 3.8% heme and 96.2% globin, with a molecular weight of 64,450, which as oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) transports oxygen from ...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=40087

  5. HEMOGLOBIN
    An iron-containing pigment found in red blood cells; it serves as the carrier of oxygen to the tissues.
    Found op http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=H

  6. hemoglobin
    (he;muo-glo;bin) The pigment of red blood cells constituting about 33% of the cell volume that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  7. hemoglobin
    (he;muo-glo;bin) The pigment of red blood cells constituting about 33% of the cell volume that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide.
    Found op http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/abio/glossary.mhtml

  8. hemoglobin
    A red pigment in red blood cells that can bind with oxygen and is largely responsible for the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity. Hemoglobin is composed of four polypeptide chains, two alpha (a) and two beta (b) chains.
    Found op http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/biobookglossh.html

  9. hemoglobin
    The substance inside red blood cells that binds to oxygen in the lungs and carries it to the tissues.
    Found op http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?expand=H

  10. Hemoglobin
    the oxygen-carrying pigment of the erythrocytes, formed by the developing erythrocyte in the bone marrow. It is a complex protein composed of four heme groups and four globin polypeptide chains (Morris 1992).
    Found op http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/bio/glsry.htm

  11. Hemoglobin
    The chemical substance (an iron containing protein) of the red blood cell which carries oxygen to the tissues, and gives the cell its red color.
    Found op http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/index.cfm?page=glossary

  12. hemoglobin
    1) Haemoglobin 2) Haemoprotein 3) Hb 4) Hemoprotein 5) Pigment containing iron and found in the red blood cells 6) Present in bright red arterial blood 7) Protein in the blood
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/hemoglobin/1

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