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HB (medicine) and unicorn (sh)


HB (medicine)


Hb -->
haemoglobin
<cell biology, haematology> Four subunit globular oxygen carrying protein of the erythrocytes of vertebrates and some invertebrates.

It is a conjugated protein containing four haem groups and globin. There are two alpha and two beta chains (very similar to myoglobin) in adult humans, the haem moiety (an iron containing substituted porphyrin) is firmly held in a nonpolar crevice in each peptide chain.

There are four globin polypeptide chains, designated alpha, beta, gamma, delta in the adult. Each is composed of several hundred amino acids.


unicorn (sh)




Mythological animal resembling a white horse with a single horn on its forehead.

The unicorn was depicted in Mesopotamian Art and was referred to in the ancient myths of India and China. Its earliest description in Greek literature dates from งใ 400 BC and probably refers to the Indian rhinoceros. The unicorn was believed to be fierce and difficult to capture, but if a virgin were brought before it, it would lay its head in the virgin's lap. Its horn was thought to offer protection against poison. Medieval writers associated the unicorn with Jesus, and the hunt for the unicorn was often represented in medieval Art.


Unicorn, detail from "The Lady and the Unicorn" tapestry, late 15th century; in the ...

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