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hemoglobin

/hee-muh-gloh-bin, hem-uh-/US // ˈhi məˌgloʊ bɪn, ˈhɛm ə- //

血红蛋白,血红素,血色素,血球蛋白

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biochemistry.

    • : the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form in venous blood and in combination with oxygen in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb

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  • The volunteers continued using insulin while their blood was checked for changes to T cells and levels of hemoglobin A1c, or HbA1c, which tells how well-controlled glucose is in the blood.

  • Three years later, that group experienced drops in blood glucose, as measured by hemoglobin A1c.

  • At this pace, it will burn through its deep reserve of oxygen—provided by extra-large volumes of blood and hemoglobin—more slowly.

  • Targeting sickle hemoglobin directly has proved problematic given the large abundance of hemoglobin in the blood that would potentially require modification.

  • The next parameter is tissue oxygenation in the leg muscles, as measured with near-infrared spectroscopy, which basically involves shining infrared light through the skin and measuring how much is absorbed by oxygen-rich hemoglobin.

  • A single drop of a less-than-lily-white ancestral hemoglobin somewhere along the line?

  • A red blood cell having no hemoglobin is also called a ghost.

  • You can't fully understand how hemoglobin molecules interact until you've seen them depicted through a classical pas de deux.

  • In both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.

  • In the lungs hemoglobin forms a loose combination with oxygen, which it readily gives up when it reaches the tissues.

  • Increase of hemoglobin, or hyperchromemia, is uncommon, and is probably more apparent than real.

  • Clinical study of the blood may be discussed under the following heads: I. Hemoglobin.

  • In mild cases a slight decrease of hemoglobin is the only blood change noted.