hemoglobin

hemoglobin
noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, short for earlier hematoglobulin Date: 1869 1. an iron-containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked to a heme molecule, that functions in oxygen transport to the tissues after conversion to oxygenated form in the gills or lungs, and that assists in carbon dioxide transport back to the gills or lungs after surrender of its oxygen 2. any of numerous iron-containing respiratory pigments of various organisms (as invertebrates and yeasts)

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  • hemoglobin C — hemoglobin C. См. гемоглобин С. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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