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Definition :

The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals It is composed of hematin and globulin and is also called haeligmatoglobulin In arterial blood it is always combined with oxygen and is then called oxyhemoglobin It crystallizes under different forms from different animals and when crystallized is called haeligmatocrystallin See Blood crystal under Blood