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    HAEMOGLOBIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 tissuesplay

    Example:

    fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals

    Synonyms:

    haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("haemoglobin" is a kind of...):

    haemoprotein; hemoprotein (a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin)

    Meronyms (substance of "haemoglobin"):

    haem; haemitin; hematin; heme; protoheme (a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds)

    globin; haematohiston; hematohiston (a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "haemoglobin"):

    oxyhaemoglobin; oxyhemoglobin (the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs)

    Holonyms ("haemoglobin" is a substance of...):

    erythrocyte; RBC; red blood cell (a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus)

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