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hemoglobins

hemoglobins is the plural of hemoglobin.

Meaning of hemoglobin

Noun

hemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural hemoglobins)

  1. (US) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).
    Synonyms:
    Hb, Hgb

Questions about hemoglobins

What is hemoglobins the plural of?
Hemoglobins is the plural of hemoglobin.

Words near hemoglobins in the dictionary

  1. hemoglobinometry
  2. hemoglobinopathic
  3. hemoglobinopathies
  4. hemoglobinopathy
  5. hemoglobinous
  6. hemoglobins
  7. hemoglobinuria
  8. hemoglobinurias
  9. hemoglobinuric
  10. hemoglobinurics
  11. hemoglobulin

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