hemoglobin
English
noun
Definitions
- (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).
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek αἷμα (blood) derived from Latin globus (sphere, ball, globe, round object, a round body, clump, heap).
Origin
Latin
globus
Gloss
sphere, ball, globe, round object, a round body, clump, heap
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
玉
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -aemia English
- apohemoglobin English
- bloodflower English
- carbonyl English
- carbonylhemoglobin English
- carboxy English
- carboxyhemoglobin English
- deoxyhemoglobin English
- ferrihemoglobin English
- flavohemoglobin English
- global English
- globophobia English
- glycohemoglobin English
- haemal English
- hemoglobinase English
- hemoglobinization English
- hemoglobinize English
- hemoglobinometry English
- hemoglobinopathy English
- hemoglobinuria English
- hemoglobinuric English
- hemolysis English
- hypohemoglobinemia English
- nonhemoglobin English
- sulfhemoglobin English
- sulfhemoglobinemia English
- Haemonia Latin
- conglobo Latin
- globellus Latin
- globiceps Latin
- globulus Latin
- globus Latin
- haematobius Latin
- haematologia Latin
- obscuriglobus Latin
- -ämie German
- Globin German
- Globus German
- ematoide Italian
- globo Italian
- globe French
- hémato- French
- hémoglobine French
- гло́бус Russian
- глобус Russian
- -emia Spanish, Castilian
- globo Spanish, Castilian
- hemartros Spanish, Castilian
- αἱμάτινος Ancient Greek
- αἱματόεις Ancient Greek
- αἱμοφόβος Ancient Greek
- αἵμων Ancient Greek
- αἷμα Ancient Greek
- ἀναίμων Ancient Greek
- ἀνδρόσαιμον Ancient Greek
- ἄνθος Ancient Greek
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *say- Proto-Indo-European
- globus Norwegian Bokmål
- hemoglobin Norwegian Bokmål
- -emia Portuguese
- globo Portuguese
- globus Polish
- globus Norwegian Nynorsk
- hemoglobin Norwegian Nynorsk
- globe Old French
- globus Serbo-Croatian
- глобус Serbo-Croatian
- globus Catalan, Valencian
- αίμα Greek (modern)
- глобус Bulgarian
- globe Middle French
- גלאָבוס Yiddish
- hemoglobini Swahili
- -aemia
- haemal
- global
- carboxy
- carbonyl
- hemolysis
- bloodflower
- globophobia
- apohemoglobin
- nonhemoglobin
- hemoglobinize
- hemoglobinase
- hemoglobinuric
- hemoglobinuria
- sulfhemoglobin
- glycohemoglobin
- flavohemoglobin
- deoxyhemoglobin
- ferrihemoglobin
- hemoglobinometry
- hemoglobinopathy
- hemoglobinization
- carboxyhemoglobin
- carbonylhemoglobin
- sulfhemoglobinemia
- hypohemoglobinemia