Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Bible Habakkuk
- abbreviation hemoglobin
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A contraction of hemoglobin.
- An abbreviation of
His (or Her) Britannic Majesty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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Examples
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Identification of structure-based antisickling peptides that inhibit Hb S polymerization
Sickle cell disease research at The Children's Hospital 2010
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Anemia is a condition where in there is low levels of Hb in blood.
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Hemoglobin Hb: An iron-containing protein that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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If a normal beta gene and a sickle gene could be brought together on the same chromosome similar to something like Hb anti-Lepore: Efremov, G.D.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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Rebecca Hb: “What are your thoughts and evaluations on the short story market for genre writing these days?”
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Rebecca Hb: “What are your thoughts and evaluations on the short story market for genre writing these days?”
Reader Request Week 2007 #7: Short Bits II: Electric Boogaloo « Whatever 2007
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Hemoglobin Hb: An iron-containing protein that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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Hemoglobin Hb: An iron-containing protein that enables red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs to body tissues.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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If a normal beta gene and a sickle gene could be brought together on the same chromosome similar to something like Hb anti-Lepore: Efremov, G.D.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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If a normal beta gene and a sickle gene could be brought together on the same chromosome similar to something like Hb anti-Lepore: Efremov, G.D.
The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007
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