respiratory pigment

noun

any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

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nounrespiratory pigment (plural respiratory pigments)

plural respiratory pigments

  1. biochemistryany of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen
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