haemoglobin

/ ˌhɛm-; ˌhiːməʊˈɡləʊbɪn /

noun

1. a conjugated protein, consisting of haem and the protein globin, that gives red blood cells their characteristic colour. It combines reversibly with oxygen and is thus very important in the transportation of oxygen to tissues See also oxyhaemoglobin

Word History and Origins

Origin of haemoglobin¹

C19: shortened from haematoglobulin, from haematin + globulin the two components

Example Sentences

There are some, like haemoglobin levels, certain elements of the cardiovascular system that may go away.

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He says they may also have higher levels of blood haemoglobin that lead to improved oxygen delivery to where it’s needed in working muscles.

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Once we are born, a genetic switch is flipped and we start making "adult haemoglobin".

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Crucially, it is only the adult form of haemoglobin that is affected by beta thalassaemia.

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So the therapy disables the switch - named BCL11A – so the adult body starts making fetal haemoglobin once again.

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