hemoglobin

English

Alternative forms

• haemoglobin, hæmoglobin
• hemoglobine, haemoglobine, hæmoglobine
• hematinoglobulin
• hematoglobulin, haematoglobulin
• hematoglobuline, haematoglobuline
• hematoglobin, haematoglobin

Etymology

Originally hematinoglobulin, from hematin (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -in) + -o- + globulin (from Latin globus (“ball, sphere”) + -in).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: hēʹmōglōʹbĭn, hēʹməglōʹbĭn, IPA^(key): /ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/, /ˈhiməˌɡloʊbɪn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhiːmə(ʊ)ˈɡləʊbɪn/

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• Rhymes: -əʊbɪn

Noun

hemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural hemoglobins)

1. (American spelling) 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
• HGB

Derived terms

• carboxyhemoglobin
• ferrihemoglobin
• flavohemoglobin
• glycohemoglobin
• hemoglobinase
• hemoglobinize
• hemoglobinopathy
• hemoglobinuria
• methemoglobin
• oxyhemoglobin
• sulfhemoglobin

 

Translations

the iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen

• Armenian: հեմոգլոբին (hy) (hemoglobin)
• Basque: hemoglobina
• Bulgarian: хемоглобин m (hemoglobin)
• Catalan: hemoglobina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血紅蛋白／血红蛋白 (zh) (xiěhóngdànbái, xuèhóngdànbái)

• Czech: hemoglobin (cs) m
• Esperanto: hemoglobino
• Estonian: hemoglobiin
• Finnish: hemoglobiini (fi), verenpuna (fi)
• French: hémoglobine (fr) f
• Galician: hemoglobina f
• German: Blutfarbstoff m, Hämoglobin (de) n
• Greek: αιμοσφαιρίνη (el) f (aimosfairíni)
• Hungarian: hemoglobin (hu)
• Icelandic: blóðrauða n
• Ido: hemoglobino (io)
• Indonesian: hemoglobin (id)
• Interlingua: hemoglobina
• Irish: haemaglóibin f
• Italian: emoglobina (it) f
• Japanese: ヘモグロビン (hemogurobin), 血色素 (kessikiso), 血液色素 (ketsueki-sikiso)
• Kazakh: гемоглобин (gemoglobin)
• Macedonian: хемоглобин m (hemoglobin)
• Malay: hemoglobin (ms)
• Marathi: हीमोग्लोबिन n (hīmoglobin)
• Occitan: emoglobina f
• Polish: hemoglobina (pl) f
• Portuguese: hemoglobina (pt) f
• Romanian: hemoglobină (ro) f
• Russian: гемоглоби́н (ru) m (gemoglobín)
• Spanish: hemoglobina (es) f
• Swahili: hemoglobini
• Swedish: hemoglobin (sv) n
• Tagalog: pula ng dugo
• Turkish: hemoglobin (tr)
• Ukrainian: гемоглобі́н m (hemohlobín)
• Vietnamese: hemoglobin (vi)
• Welsh: haemoglobin m, hemoglobin m

See also

• globulin
• haematin

Further reading

• “hemoglobin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “hemoglobin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “hemoglobin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From hemo- +‎ globin (“from Latin globus”).

Noun

hemoglobin n (definite singular hemoglobinet, uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) haemoglobin

References

• “hemoglobin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hemoglobin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From hemo- +‎ globin (“from Latin globus”).

Noun

hemoglobin n (definite singular hemoglobinet, uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) haemoglobin

References

• “hemoglobin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

hemoglobin n

1. hemoglobin

   Synonym: (rare) blodfärgämne

Declension

Declension of hemoglobin
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hemoglobin	hemoglobinet	—	—
Genitive	hemoglobins	hemoglobinets	—	—

References

• hemoglobin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hemoglobin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hemoglobin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• haemoglobin

Noun

hemoglobin m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. hemoglobin