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Hb

see synonyms of hb

Noun

1. haemoglobin, hb, hemoglobin

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

Example Sentences:
'fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hb

see synonyms of hb
symbol for
haemoglobin
symbol for (on Brit pencils)
hard-black: denoting a medium-hard lead
Compare H (sense 5), B (sense 9)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Hb

see synonyms of hb
1.  American Football
halfback
: sometimes written hb
2. 
hepatitis B (vaccine or vaccination)
1.  Bible
Habakkuk
2. 
hemoglobin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hb

see synonyms of hb
abbr.
1. Brinell hardness number
2. halfback
abbr.
1. Bible Habakkuk
2. hemoglobin

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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