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Definition: Hemoglobin |
HemoglobinNoun1. 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; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hemoglobin" was first used: 1845. (references) |
Note: Hemoglobin \Hem"o*glo"bin\, noun. [Hemo- globe.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | One of the fractions of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c. Glycosylated hemoglobin is formed when linkages of glucose and related monosaccharides bind to hemoglobin A and its concentration represents the average blood glucose level over the previous several weeks. HbA1c levels are used as a measure of long-term control of plasma glucose (normal, 4 to 6 percent). In controlled diabetes mellitus, the concentration of glycosylated hemoglobin A is within the normal range, but in uncontrolled cases the level may be 3 to 4 times the normal conentration. Generally, complications are substantially lower among patients with Hb levels of 7 percent or less than in patients with HbA1c levels of 9 percent or more. (references) |
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Synonym: HemoglobinSynonym: haemoglobin (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | You know the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the hemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own bombasity. (Amar Akbar Anthony; writing credit: J.M. Desai; Kader Khan) | |
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 | This is a scanning electron microscope image from normal circulating human blood. One can see red blood cells, several white blood cells including lymphocytes, a monocyte, a neutrophil, and many small disc-shaped platelets. Red cells are nonnucleated, and contain hemoglobin, containing iron an important protein which allows the cell to carry oxygen to other parts of the body. They also carry away carbon dioxide from the lungs. The infection-fighting white blood cells, are classified in 2 main groups: granular and agranular. Granulocytes are formed in bone marrow, agranulocytes are produced by lymph nodes and spleen. There are two types of agranulocytes: lymphocytes, fight disease by producing antibodies and thus destroying foreign material, and monocytes. Platelets are tiny cells formed in bone marrow and are necessary for blood clotting.Credit: Bruce Wetzel (photographer). Harry Schaefer (phot. |  | Hemosiderin, revealed here using PAS stain and H&E counterstain, is a normal by-product produced during the breakdown of red blood cells, and the decomposition of the hemoglobin molecule contained in these blood components.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Hemoglobin A-1-c reflects average blood sugar over a 2- to 3-month period. (references) | |
Hydroxyurea appears to work primarily by stimulating production of fetal hemoglobin. (references) | ||
The underlying problem involves hemoglobin, a component of the red cells in the blood. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "hemoglobin": Fetal Hemoglobin ♦ Hemoglobin A ♦ Hemoglobin A2 ♦ Hemoglobin C ♦ Hemoglobin C Disease ♦ Hemoglobin E ♦ Hemoglobin H ♦ Hemoglobin J ♦ Hemoglobin M ♦ Hemoglobin SC Disease ♦ mean corpuscular hemoglobin ♦ oxygen saturation of hemoglobin. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "hemoglobin": oxygen-hemoglobin. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hemoglobin | 720 |
hemoglobin a1c | 110 |
low hemoglobin | 107 |
hemoglobin level | 66 |
high hemoglobin | 36 |
hemoglobin count | 27 |
hemoglobin structure | 20 |
glycosylated hemoglobin | 18 |
hemoglobin test | 15 |
hemoglobin electrophoresis | 12 |
hemoglobin a1c test | 11 |
fetal hemoglobin | 11 |
elevated hemoglobin | 11 |
glycated hemoglobin | 11 |
hemoglobin c | 11 |
hemoglobin normal | 9 |
hemoglobin e | 9 |
mean corpuscular hemoglobin | 9 |
hemoglobin aic | 9 |
barts hemoglobin | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "hemoglobin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | hemoglobinë (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هموجلوبين بروتين (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хемоглобин (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 血红蛋白 (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | homoglobin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hemoglobin crosfumaril (hemoglobin crosfumaril), hæmoglobinelektroforese (haemoglobin electrophoresis, hemoglobin electrophoresis), retikulær hæmoglobin (reticulate haemoglobin, reticulate hemoglobin), middelcellehaemoglobin (mean corpuscular hemoglobin), kuliltehæmoglobin (carbon monoxyhemoglobin, carboxy hemoglobin), carboxyhæmoglobin (carbon monoxyhemoglobin, carboxy hemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hemoglobin crosfumaril (hemoglobin crosfumaril), zuurstofverzadiging van hemoglobine (arterial oxygen saturation, oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, SaO 2), zuurstofverzadiging (arterial oxygen saturation, oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, SaO 2), zuurstoftransporterend vermogen van hemoglobine (maximum capacity of hemoglobin for binding oxygen), reticulaire hemoglobine (reticulate haemoglobin, reticulate hemoglobin), gemiddelde hemoglobinegehalte per erythrocyt (mean corpuscular hemoglobin), elektroforese van hemoglobine (haemoglobin electrophoresis, hemoglobin electrophoresis), CO-hemoglobine (carbon monoxyhemoglobin, carboxy hemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hemoglobiinin maksimaalinen hapensitomiskyky (maximum capacity of hemoglobin for binding oxygen), hemoglobiini krosfumariili (hemoglobin crosfumaril), verenpunan elektroforeesi (haemoglobin electrophoresis, hemoglobin electrophoresis), valtimoveren happikyllästeisyys (arterial oxygen saturation, oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, SaO 2). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hémoglobine réticulée (reticulate hemoglobin), hémoglobine moyenne érythrocytaire (mean corpuscular hemoglobin), hémoglobine foetale (fetal hemoglobin), hémoglobine crosfumaril (hemoglobin crosfumaril), saturation oxyhémoglobinée (oxygen saturation of hemoglobin), saturation oxygénée (oxygen saturation of hemoglobin), SaO 2 (oxygen saturation of hemoglobin), pouvoir oxyphorique de l'hémoglobine (maximum capacity of hemoglobin for binding oxygen), pourcentage de saturation de l'hémoglobine en oxygène (oxygen saturation of hemoglobin), Concentration corpusculaire moyenne en hémoglobine (mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration), carboxyhémoglobine (carboxy hemoglobin), adduit de l'époxyde du benzo-a-pyrène diol l'hémoglobine (benzo(a)pyrene diol epoxide hemoglobin adduct), électrophorèse de l'hémoglobine (hemoglobin electrophoresis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hämoglobin (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αιμοσφαιρίνη (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hemoglobin (haemoglobin), vörös vértestek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | emoglobina (blood chromoproteid, haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ヘブライ語 (health, health center, health check, health club, health food, health meter, healthy, heart, heaven, Hebrew, helicopter, Helios, helioscope, heliotrope, heliport, helium, helix, hell, Hellenism, hellfire, helm, helmet, Helmholtz, help, helper, Helsinki, hem, hemline, hemstitch, hen party, Henckels, henna, Hepburn, Herakles, herald, Hercules, Hermes, hernia, heroin, herpangina, herringbone, Herzogovina, Hz, Mr, Switzerland, type of massage parlor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ヘモグロ"ン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 헤모글로빈 (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emoglobinhay cicuta (cicuta). (various references) hemoglobinã (haemoglobin). (various references) гемоглобин (haemoglobin). (various references) hemoglobin (haemoglobin). (various references) hemoglobina (blood chromoproteid, haemoglobin). (various references) hemoglobin (haemoglobin). (various references) ฮีโมโกลบิน (haemoglobin). (various references) hemoglobin (haemoglobin). (various references) гемоглобін (haemoglobin). (various references) Hemoglobin (haemoglobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | globulus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hemoglobin": hemoglobinopathies, hemoglobinopathy, hemoglobins, hemoglobinuria, hemoglobinurias, hemoglobinuric. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hemoglobin": methemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hemoglobin": methemoglobinemia, methemoglobinemias, methemoglobins, oxyhemoglobins. (additional references) | |
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"Hemoglobin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: haemoblobin, haemoglobion, harmoglobin, hemaglobin, hemoglbin, hemoglogin, hemogoblin. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hemoglobin" (pronounced hē'muglō"bun) |
| 3 | -b u n | bobbin, bourbon, cabin, carbon, corban, fluorocarbon, Gibbon, graben, hydrocarbon, interurban, jacobin, Leben, psilocybin, ribbon, Robin, suburban, turban, urban. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-o-o" | |
-2 letters: blooming, bonhomie. | |
-3 letters: begloom, booming, helming, hoboing, ignoble, looming, oinomel. | |
-4 letters: belong, biogen, blooie, boogie, booing, eloign, emboli, globin, goblin, goonie, hoeing, holing, homing, hoolie, legion, logion, lomein, looing, milneb, mingle, mobile, moline, mongoe, mongol, mooing, nimble, oblige, oblong, oilmen, oohing. | |
-5 letters: begin, being, bilge, binge, bingo, biome, bloom, bogie, bogle, boing, bongo, eloin, genom, gimel, glime, globe, gloom, gnome, golem, gombo, helio, hemin, hinge, igloo, ingle, lemon, limbo, limen, lingo, logoi, longe, looie, melon, mohel, mongo, monie, neigh, noble, nomoi, obeli, obole, oboli, ohing, olein. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-h-i-l-m-n-o-o" | |
+1 letter: hemoglobins. | |
+3 letters: methemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin. | |
+4 letters: hemoglobinuria, hemoglobinuric, methemoglobins, oxyhemoglobins. | |
+5 letters: hemoglobinurias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 6D 6F 67 6C 6F 62 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . -- --- --. .-.. --- -... .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01101101 01101111 01100111 01101100 01101111 01100010 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e m o g l o b i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 006D 006F 0067 006C 006F 0062 0069 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42717981737881687580 |
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