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Webster 1913 Edition
Hemoglobin
Hem′o-glo′bin
,Noun.
[
Hemo-
+ globe
.] (Physiol.)
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called
haematoglobulin
. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin
. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin
. See Blood crystal
, under Blood
.