The hemoglobin level is expressed as the amount of hemoglobin in grams (gm) per deciliter (dL) of whole blood, a deciliter being 100 milliliters. The normal ranges for hemoglobin depend on the age and, beginning in adolescence, the gender of the person.
hedge verb [I/T] (LIMIT). âº to âlimit something âseverely: [T] Congressmen were âwarned against hedging âtheir âsupport for the âmissile âprogram. âº To hedge is also to âtry to âavoid giving an âanswer or taking any âaction: [I] Officials âcontinued to hedge on âexactly when the âprogram would âbegin.
a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow: small fields separated by hedges. 2. any barrier or boundary: a hedge of stones. 3. an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one. verb (used with object), hedged, hedging.