Glossary

Hemoglobin

Hemoglobin

Hämoglobin·Also: Hb, Blutfarbstoff

Haemoglobin is the red blood pigment in the red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the organs. The haemoglobin level is determined in almost every blood test and shows, among other things, whether anaemia is present.

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