English Explanatory Dictionary

respiratory pigment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

Word forms

respiratory pigment respiratory pigments

Related words

chlorocruorin hemerythrin haemerythrin hemocyanin haemocyanin hemoglobin haemoglobin
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