HAEMOGLOBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haemoglobin mean? 

• HAEMOGLOBIN (noun)
  The noun HAEMOGLOBIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HAEMOGLOBIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMOGLOBIN (noun)

Sense 1

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 tissues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin

Context example:

fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals

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)

 Context examples 

The analyser takes advantage of the optical properties of blood, such as absorption and scattering of light, to measure haemoglobin concentration.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)

A new way to detect anaemia that relies on optical light absorbance to measure haemoglobin levels using whole blood in a microfluidic device is claimed by researchers to be a vast improvement over existing tests that require hemolysis (rupturing) of blood samples and lab facilities.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)

Anaemia, a disease caused by low concentration of haemoglobin in red blood cells, results primarily from a lack of iron in the diet but can co-occur with other conditions, such as malaria or genetic disorders.

(New approach promises better anaemia detection, SciDev.Net)