hemoglobin

• haemoglobin, hæmoglobin, hemoglobine, haemoglobine, hæmoglobine, hematinoglobulin, hematoglobulin, haematoglobulin, hematoglobuline, haematoglobuline, hematoglobin, haematoglobin

Originally hematinoglobulin, from hematin (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -in) + -o- + globulin (from Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in).

• (US) enPR: hēʹmōglōʹbĭn, hēʹməglōʹbĭn, IPA^(key): /ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/, /ˈhiməˌɡloʊbɪn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhiːmə(ʊ)ˈɡləʊbɪn/

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• Rhymes: -əʊbɪn

hemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural hemoglobins)

1. (American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

   Synonyms: Hb, Hgb, HGB

• “hemoglobin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hemoglobin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “hemoglobin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• hemoglobin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Internationalism

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /hemoˈɡlobin/ [he.moˈɡlo.bɪn]
• Rhymes: -obin
• Syllabification: he‧mo‧glo‧bin

hemoglobin (uncountable)

1. (hematology, physiology) hemoglobin: the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

• “hemoglobin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From hemo- +‎ globin (“from Latin globus”).

hemoglobin n (definite singular hemoglobinet, uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) haemoglobin

• “hemoglobin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hemoglobin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From hemo- +‎ globin (“from Latin globus”).

hemoglobin n (definite singular hemoglobinet, uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) haemoglobin

• “hemoglobin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hemoglobin n

1. hemoglobin

   Synonym: (rare) blodfärgämne

• hemoglobin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hemoglobin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hemoglobin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• haemoglobin

hemoglobin m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. hemoglobin