Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hemoglobin

1 sense of hemoglobin

Sense 1
hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb -- (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")
       => hemoprotein, haemoprotein -- (a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin)