hb
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1. 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.substance)
| hypernym | : | haemoprotein, hemoprotein, |
| definition | : | a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | oxyhaemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, |
| definition | : | the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme, |
| definition | : | a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | globin, haematohiston, hematohiston, |
| definition | : | a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | erythrocyte, rbc, red blood cell, |
| definition | : | a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus (noun.body) |
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