oxyhemoglobin

[ ok-si-hee-muh-gloh-bin, -hem-uh- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. hemoglobin

oxyhemoglobin

/ ŏk′sē-hē′mə-glō′bĭn /

1. The compound formed when a molecule of hemoglobin binds with a molecule of oxygen. In vertebrate animals, oxyhemoglobin forms in the red blood cells as they take up oxygen in the lungs.
2. See Note at hemoglobin

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxyhemoglobin¹

First recorded in 1870–75; oxy- ² + hemoglobin

Example Sentences

Oxygen is found dissolved in water and loosely combined in blood as oxyhemoglobin.

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