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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs;
- Example: "oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body"
[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]