hémoglobine

French

Alternative forms

• hæmoglobine (obsolete)

Etymology

From hémo- +‎ glob(ule) +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.mɔ.ɡlɔ.bin/

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Noun

hémoglobine f (plural hémoglobines)

1. (biochemistry) hemoglobin (the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body)
2. (figuratively) blood; gore

Descendants

• → Russian: гемоглоби́н (gemoglobín)
• → Ukrainian: гемоглобі́н (hemohlobín)

See also

• myoglobine

Further reading

• “hémoglobine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012