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oxyhemoglobin
[ ok-si-hee-muh-gloh-bin, -hem-uh- ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- hemoglobin
oxyhemoglobin
/ ŏk′sē-hē′mə-glō′bĭn /
- 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.
- See Note at hemoglobin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oxyhemoglobin1
First recorded in 1870–75; oxy- 2 + hemoglobin
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Example Sentences
Oxygen is found dissolved in water and loosely combined in blood as oxyhemoglobin.
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