| ANTIJACOBIN | • antijacobin n. (Historical) A political opponent of the Jacobins. • ANTIJACOBIN adj. opposed to the Jacobins and to the French Revolution or to democratic principles. • ANTIJACOBIN n. one opposed to the Jacobins. |
| CHRYSAROBIN | • chrysarobin n. (Organic chemistry) A bitter yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding… • CHRYSAROBIN n. goa powder, a bitter yellow powder obtained from a Brazilian tree, used as a purgative and in the treatment of skin disease. |
| GLOBIN | • globin n. (Biochemistry) Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold. • globin n. (Biochemistry) One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin. • GLOBIN n. a protein constituent of haemoglobin. |
| GLYCOHEMOGLOBIN | • glycohemoglobin n. Glycated hemoglobin. |
| HAEMOGLOBIN | • haemoglobin n. (British spelling, biochemistry) Alternative spelling of hemoglobin. • hæmoglobin n. Alternative spelling of haemoglobin. • HAEMOGLOBIN n. the iron-containing pigment which is the oxygen-carrying substance present in the red blood cells of vertebrates, also HEMOGLOBIN. |
| HAPTOGLOBIN | • haptoglobin n. (Biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby… • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| HEMOGLOBIN | • hemoglobin n. (American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the… • HEMOGLOBIN n. the iron-containing pigment which is the oxygen-carrying substance present in the red blood cells of vertebrates, also HAEMOGLOBIN. |
| JACOBIN | • jacobin n. Any hummingbird in the genus Florisuga. • Jacobin n. (Dated) A Dominican friar. • Jacobin n. A member of a radical French political club founded (at an old Jacobin convent) in 1789 and one of the… |
| METHAEMOGLOBIN | • methaemoglobin n. Alternative spelling of methemoglobin. • methæmoglobin n. Alternative spelling of methemoglobin. • METHAEMOGLOBIN n. a brown compound of oxygen and haemoglobin formed in the blood by the action of certain drugs. |
| METHEMOGLOBIN | • methemoglobin n. (Biochemistry) An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot… • METHEMOGLOBIN n. a soluble brown crystalline basic blood pigment that differs from hemoglobin in containing ferric iron and in being unable to combine reversibly with molecular oxygen. |
| MYOGLOBIN | • myoglobin n. (Biochemistry) A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles. • MYOGLOBIN n. a protein that stores oxygen in muscle. |
| OXYHAEMOGLOBIN | • oxyhaemoglobin n. (Biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood. • oxyhæmoglobin n. Alternative spelling of oxyhaemoglobin. • OXYHAEMOGLOBIN n. a loose compound of oxygen and haemoglobin, also OXYHEMOGLOBIN. |
| OXYHEMOGLOBIN | • oxyhemoglobin n. (American spelling) Alternative form of oxyhaemoglobin. • OXYHEMOGLOBIN n. a loose compound of oxygen and haemoglobin, also OXYHAEMOGLOBIN. |
| ROBIN | • robin n. Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae… • robin n. (Historical) A trimming in front of a dress. • Robin prop.n. A unisex given name. |
| SEAROBIN | • searobin n. Alternative form of sea robin. • sea␣robin n. A fish, the gurnard. • sea␣robin n. A bird, the red-breasted merganser. |