Meanings
nounhæmochromogen (uncountable)
- archaicuncountablebiochemistrySubstance of hemoglobin, from lack of oxygen.
Hæmochromogen in the presence of oxygen quickly undergoes oxidation to the more stable hæmatin.
1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page 37
Origin
By surface analysis, hæmo- + chromo- + -gen.
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