hemoglobin
Noun
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Noun
hemoglobin
- (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).
- French: hémoglobine
- German: Blutfarbstoff, Hämoglobin
- Italian: emoglobina
- Portuguese: hemoglobina
- Russian: гемоглоби́н
- Spanish: hemoglobina
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