Word
Hb, n.
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
<noun.substance>
freq. cnt.: 4
freq. cnt.: 4
Hb
haemoglobin
hemoglobin
sample sentences
"fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"
semantic pointers
substance holonym
red blood cell, RBC, erythrocyte
hypernym
hemoprotein, haemoprotein
hyponym
oxyhemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin
substance meronym
heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme
globin, hematohiston, haematohiston