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[syn: oxyhemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hemoglobin \Hem"o*glo"bin\, n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.)
The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of
vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin,
and is also called h[ae]matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it
is always combined with oxygen, and is then called
oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from
different animals, and when crystallized, is called
h[ae]matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oxyhaemoglobin \Ox`y*haem`o*glo"bin\, Oxyhemoglobin
\Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin\, n. [Oxy
(a) + haemoglobin, hemoglobin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See
Hemoglobin.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oxyhemoglobin
n 1: the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of
hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs; "oxyhemoglobin
transports oxygen to the cells of the body" [syn:
oxyhemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin]