How to Use hemoglobin in a Sentence

hemoglobin

noun
  • My hemoglobin and red blood cell counts would go up, then drop out again.
    — Rachel Stuhler, Cosmopolitan, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Her body is making its own hemoglobin for the first time in her life.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Iron helps to make hemoglobin, which carries oxygen through our red blood cells.
    — L'oréal Blackett, refinery29.com, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Her red blood count, hemoglobin levels and blood pressure were all low.
    — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • When there isn't enough iron in the diet, the body can't produce enough hemoglobin.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Your healthcare provider can run a blood test to check your hemoglobin levels, which is part of your red blood cells.
    — Hallie Levine, Health.com, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Your body uses iron to make hemoglobin.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Its main function is to carry oxygen in the hemoglobin of red blood cells.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Iron is a key component of hemoglobin, which is what gives blood its red color.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The body needs iron to make hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The boy’s problem could be due to a fault in any part of his body’s hemoglobin disposal process.
    — Jonathan Reisman, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2016
  • One of these is hemoglobin, a protein in our blood that shuttles around oxygen.
    — Katherine Ellen Foley, Quartz, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Iron helps your body make hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 15 July 2024
  • Iron helps your body make hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Iron helps your body make hemoglobin, a protein that carries oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.
    — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Iron is found in hemoglobin, which helps to carry oxygen throughout the body.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
  • Iron is found in hemoglobin, which helps to carry oxygen throughout the body.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Even the color of blood comes from the protein hemoglobin, which contains iron.
    — Daniel Freedman, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Sure enough, blood tests showed that hemoglobin and red blood cell count were both up by 4 percent by the end of the last breath-hold.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Iron is required to make hemoglobin.
    — Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 19 June 2026
  • If there’s been hemoglobin on a surface, the luminol turns blue.
    — Rich Cohen, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
  • His hemoglobin levels were still low.
    — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
  • At the core of the system is what's being tested, such as hemoglobin and glucose.
    — Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The abnormal hemoglobin makes the blood cells crescent-shaped and hard.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The trick now is to figure out how to get a breathable amount of oxygen out of the hemoglobin solution.
    — Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2003
  • One of the primary functions of iron in the body is its role in hemoglobin production.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The donor’s hemoglobin is also checked to make sure his or her blood levels are in a safe range before donating.
    — Fox News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • It is used to produce hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other body parts.
    — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Just over 6% of the placebo patients had the same hemoglobin response.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Four atoms of iron help form the molecule hemoglobin, the protein in a red blood cell that stores and transports oxygen.
    — Sharman Apt Russell, Scientific American, 20 May 2021

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