hemoglobin
noun
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When filled with oxygen, the hemoglobin in your blood is bright red; returning to the lungs without its oxygen, it loses its brightness and becomes somewhat bluish. Hemoglobin levels can change from day to day, and may be affected by such factors as a lack of iron in the diet, a recent loss of blood, and being pregnant. When you give blood, a nurse first pricks your finger to test your hemoglobin level; a low hemoglobin count indicates anemia and may mean that you shouldn't give blood that day. Mild anemia is generally of little importance, but some types can be very serious.
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L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2024
In beta zero, the body does not make healthy hemoglobin, which leads to more serious complications.
—Maggie Aime, Msn, Health, 20 Sep. 2024
Iron is a mineral essential for maintaining many of the body’s functions and development, and the body uses iron to make a protein in red blood cells called hemoglobin.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
Most of them showed an increasing trend in blood levels of hemoglobin—an oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells that can only be formed with iron—and four of the studies reported a significant change.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Hemoglobin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemoglobin. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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