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Hemoglobin



Hemoglobin (Hb), oxygen-carrying pigment found in the red blood cells of all vertebrates and some invertabrates. Produced in the bone marrow, hemoglobin carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

See also: Blood.

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