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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- hemoglobin
- coloring matter in red blood stones, 1862, shortening of hæmatoglobin (1845), from Gk. haimato-, comb. form of haima (gen. haimatos) "blood" (see -emia) + globulin, a type of simple protein, from globule, formerly a word for "corpuscle of blood."
- word-forming element in medicine meaning "condition of the blood," Modern Latin comb. form of Gk. haima (gen. haimatos) "blood," possibly from PIE root *sai- "thick liquid."
- globule (n.)
- 1660s, from Fr. globule, from L. globulus, dim. of globus "globe" (see globe).
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