Hemoglobin
Of red blood cell and hemoprotein. May also be referred to as Hb and haemoglobin.
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".
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- globin
A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound...
- heme
A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
- oxyhemoglobin
The bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the...