hb
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is a type of: haemoprotein, hemoprotein - a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrinsubtypes: oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin - the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungssubstance holonym:
- haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme - a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
- globin, haematohiston, hematohiston - a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells
substance meronym: erythrocyte, rbc, red blood cell - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleussame as: haemoglobin, hemoglobin
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