hairy vetch
- n European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
haemitin
- n a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
haemodialysis
- n dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream; used in the case of kidney failure
haemogenesis
- n the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
haemoglobin
- n a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
haemoglobinemia
- n presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma
haemoglobinopathy
- n a blood disease characterized by the presence of abnormal hemoglobins in the blood
haemolysin
- n any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin