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noun a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells
originEtymology tree Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Globinbor. English globin Borrowed from German Globin, from Latin globus.
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