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nouna 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
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- from Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; the anitithesis and correlative of to;
- bathroom a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet
- local of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
- neighbor live or be located as a neighbor
- hood (slang) a neighborhood
- assault thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
- register a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill
- primary coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
- neighbour live or be located as a neighbor
- infection (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound