Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0427 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-globin: Protein
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The idea
The suffix globin names a protein, and in blood terms names the oxygen-carrying protein of red cells.
In practice
Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
Where people slip
Globin names the protein itself, not the cell containing it.
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