hemoglobin

English

Alternative forms

• haemoglobin
• hæmoglobin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἷμα (aima, “blood”) + Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in.

Noun

hemoglobin (uncountable)

1. 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).

Derived terms

• oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin

Translations

the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen

Armenian: հեմոգլոբին (hy) (hemoglobin) Chinese: Mandarin: 血紅蛋白 (zh), 血红蛋白 (zh) (xiěhóngdànbái, xuèhóngdànbái) Finnish: hemoglobiini (fi), verenpuna (fi) French: hémoglobine (fr) f. German: Blutfarbstoff (de) m., Hämoglobin (de) n. Greek: αιμοσφαιρίνη (el) (aimosfairini) f. Icelandic: blóðrauða (is) n.

Italian: emoglobina (it) f. Japanese: ヘモグロビン (ja) (hemogurobin), 血色素 (ja) (kessikiso), 血液色素 (ja) (ketsueki-sikiso) Polish: hemoglobina (pl) f. Russian: гемоглобин (ru) (gemoglobín) m. Spanish: hemoglobina (es) f. Turkish: hemoglobin (tr) Welsh: haemoglobin (cy) m., hemoglobin (cy) m.

See also

• Hemoglobin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• globulin
• haematin

External links

• hemoglobin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• hemoglobin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• hemoglobin at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• haemoglobin

Noun

hemoglobin m. (uncountable) 

1. hemoglobin

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
hemoglobin	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged