carboxyhaemoglobin

A form of carboxyhemoglobin — The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia

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Meanings

nouncarboxyhaemoglobin (usually uncountable, plural carboxyhaemoglobins)

plural carboxyhaemoglobins

  1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative spelling of carboxyhemoglobin.
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