Hemoglobin Synonyms

hēmə-glōbĭn
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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. haemoglobin
  2. collagen
  3. edestin
  4. fibroin
  5. globin
  6. glutenin
  7. histone
  8. ichthulin
  9. lactalbumin
  10. hb
  11. lysozyme
  12. mucin
  13. nucleohistone
  14. peptone
  15. prolamine
  16. protamine
  17. proteose
  18. zein

Words Related to Hemoglobin

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Hemoglobin Sentence Examples

  • There is a reduction in cardiac output and an increase in hemoglobin oxygen affinity.

  • If you are anemic, you have too little hemoglobin because you have too few red blood cells.

  • The abnormal form of hemoglobin causes the red cells to become sickle-shaped.

  • Sickle cell anemia is usually inherited from parents who are carriers, who have the sickle cell trait-a milder form of sickle cell anemia, or one abnormal hemoglobin.

  • Sickle cell anemia is caused by an error in the gene that signals the body how to make hemoglobin.

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