HEMATOHISTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hematohiston mean? 

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

1. a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMATOHISTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

globin; haematohiston; hematohiston

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

simple protein (a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed)

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

haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin (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)