"hemoglobin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/ [US], /ˈhiməˌɡloʊbɪn/ [US], /ˌhiːmə(ʊ)ˈɡləʊbɪn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hemoglobin.wav
enPR: hēʹmōglōʹbĭn [US], hēʹməglōʹbĭn [US] Rhymes: -əʊbɪn Etymology: Originally hematinoglobulin, from hematin (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -in) + -o- + globulin (from Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|αἷμα||blood}} Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”), {{der|en|la|globus||ball, sphere}} Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural hemoglobins) Forms: hemoglobins [plural], haemoglobin [alternative], hæmoglobin [alternative], hemoglobine [alternative], haemoglobine [alternative], hæmoglobine [alternative], hematinoglobulin [alternative], hematoglobulin [alternative], haematoglobulin [alternative], hematoglobuline [alternative], haematoglobuline [alternative], hematoglobin [alternative], haematoglobin [alternative]
  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). Wikipedia link: hemoglobin Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Proteins Synonyms: Hb, Hgb, HGB Related terms: globulin, haematin Translations (the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen): հեմոգլոբին (hemoglobin) (Armenian), hemoglobina (Basque), хемоглобин (hemoglobin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hemoglobina [feminine] (Catalan), 血紅蛋白 /血红蛋白 (xiěhóngdànbái, xuèhóngdànbái) (Chinese Mandarin), hemoglobin [masculine] (Czech), hemoglobino (Esperanto), hemoglobiin (Estonian), hemoglobiini (Finnish), verenpuna (Finnish), hémoglobine [feminine] (French), hemoglobina [feminine] (Galician), Blutfarbstoff [masculine] (German), Hämoglobin [neuter] (German), αιμοσφαιρίνη (aimosfairíni) [feminine] (Greek), hemoglobin (Hungarian), blóðrauða [neuter] (Icelandic), hemoglobino (Ido), hemoglobin (Indonesian), hemoglobina (Interlingua), haemaglóibin [feminine] (Irish), emoglobina [feminine] (Italian), ヘモグロビン (hemogurobin) (Japanese), 血色素 (kessikiso) (Japanese), 血液色素 (ketsueki-sikiso) (Japanese), гемоглобин (gemoglobin) (Kazakh), хемоглобин (hemoglobin) [masculine] (Macedonian), hemoglobin (Malay), हीमोग्लोबिन (hīmoglobin) [neuter] (Marathi), emoglobina [feminine] (Occitan), hemoglobina [feminine] (Polish), hemoglobina [feminine] (Portuguese), hemoglobină [feminine] (Romanian), гемоглоби́н (gemoglobín) [masculine] (Russian), hemoglobina [feminine] (Spanish), hemoglobini (Swahili), hemoglobin [neuter] (Swedish), pula ng dugo (Tagalog), hemoglobin (Turkish), гемоглобі́н (hemohlobín) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hemoglobin (Vietnamese), haemoglobin [masculine] (Welsh), hemoglobin [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
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      "word": "հեմոգլոբին"
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "血紅蛋白 /血红蛋白"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobino"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobiin"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobiini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "verenpuna"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hémoglobine"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hemoglobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blutfarbstoff"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hämoglobin"
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobin"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blóðrauða"
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobino"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobin"
    },
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      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobina"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haemaglóibin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "emoglobina"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hemogurobin",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "ヘモグロビン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kessikiso",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "血色素"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ketsueki-sikiso",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "血液色素"
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      "roman": "gemoglobin",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "гемоглобин"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "hemoglobin",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "хемоглобин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "hīmoglobin",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "हीमोग्लोबिन"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "emoglobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hemoglobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hemoglobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hemoglobină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gemoglobín",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гемоглоби́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hemoglobina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "hemoglobin"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "pula ng dugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobin"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hemohlobín",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гемоглобі́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "word": "hemoglobin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haemoglobin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen",
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