Hemoglobin is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for HEMOGLOBIN in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the iron-containing pigment which is the oxygen-carrying substance present in the red blood cells of vertebrates, also HAEMOGLOBIN
• a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood of vertebrates. Its molecule comprises four subunits, each containing an iron atom bound to a haem group.
• 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 different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
• 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
• the iron-containing pigment which is the oxygen-carrying substance present in the red blood cells of vertebrates
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an iron-containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked to a heme molecule, that functions in oxygen transport to the tissues after conversion to oxygenated form in the gills or lungs, and that assists in carbon dioxide transport back to the gills or lungs after surrender of its oxygen

Words related to HEMOGLOBIN

hemoglobins19

Words that contain HEMOGLOBIN

hemoglobins19 methemoglobin23 oxyhemoglobin31 hemoglobinuria22 hemoglobinuric24 methemoglobins24 oxyhemoglobins32 hemoglobinurias23 glycohemoglobin29 methemoglobinem27 hemoglobinopath28 hemoglobinopathy32 methemoglobinemia29 hemoglobinopathies31 methemoglobinemias30

How to use HEMOGLOBIN in a sentence

• It has for the hemoglobin of the blood four hundred times the affinity of oxygen, and a proportion of only two tenths of one per cent may produce heart derangement.

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