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Hemoglobinophilic
To organisms that grow better in the presence of hemoglobin.
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Hemoglobinolysis
The dissolution of hemoglobin.
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Hemoglobin S disease
A genetic variant of hemoglobin that causes sickle cell trait in heterozygotes and sickle cell disease in hemozygotes. It is especially common in persons of African ancestry in whom sickle cell trait is found in 8% to 10% of the population.
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Mean cell hemoglobin
The hemoglobin content of the average red blood cell, usually expressed in picograms per red cell and calculated by multiplying the number of grams of hemoglobin/100 ml by 10 and dividing by the red cell count.
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Hemoglobin M disorder
A genetic variant of hemoglobin that causes cyanosis and methemoglobinemia. The iron in this type of hemoglobin is in the ferric (Fe3+) state and cannot combine with oxygen.
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Hemoglobin Lepore
A variant hemoglobin formed by an unequal crossover and fusion of the beta and delta genes. A single copy of the variant gene causes thalassemia minor. Homozygotes have thalassemia intermedia.
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Fetal hemoglobin
The type of hemoglobin found in the erythrocytes of the normal fetus. It has better oxygen-binding capacity than adult hemoglobin and is able to extract oxygen from the placenta to meet the needs of the fetus, which depends entirely on maternal oxygen for its survival.
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Hemoflagellate
Any flagellate protozoan of the blood. Two important genera are Trypanosoma and Leishmania.
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Hemofiltration
An ultrafiltration technique to remove excess metabolic products from the blood. The technical aspects are similar to those of hemodialysis in that the blood flows from the patient to the hemofilter and is then returned.
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Hemoendothelial
To the relationship between blood of the mother and the endothelium of the chorionic vessels.
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