English Explanatory Dictionary

carboxyhemoglobin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia

Word forms

carboxyhemoglobin carboxyhemoglobins carboxyhaemoglobin

Etymology

From carboxy + hemoglobin.

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