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Meaning Of Hemoglobin
n.
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.