Oxyhemoglobin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oxyhemoglobin
       n : 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: {oxyhaemoglobin}]