(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).

To furnish with hemoglobin.

simple past tense and past participle of hemoglobinize

Alternative form of hemoglobin

plural of hemoglobin

The formation or concentration of hemoglobin

Of or relating to hemoglobin.

(medicine) The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.

(pathology) The presence of more than normal amounts of free (unbound) hemoglobin in the blood, in contrast with the normal situation wherein almost all hemoglobin is carried inside erythrocytes; it is a sign of hemolysis.

plural of hemoglobinase