oxyhæmoglobin

A form of oxyhaemoglobin — The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.

Meanings

nounoxyhæmoglobin (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of oxyhaemoglobin.

    Hæmoglobin forms with carbon‐monoxide gas (CO) a compound, similar to oxyhæmoglobin, which is known as carbon‐monoxide hæmoglobin.

    1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page 38
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