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oxyhemoglobin

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

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. hemoglobin


oxyhemoglobin

/ ŏk′sē-hēmə-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


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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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