Medical Dictionary

hemoglobin C

noun

Medical Definition of HEMOGLOBIN C

:  an abnormal hemoglobin that differs from hemoglobin A in having a lysine residue substituted for the glutamic-acid residue at position 6 in two of the four polypeptide chains making up the hemoglobin molecule
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