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carboxyhaemoglobin

carboxyhaemoglobin is the alternative spelling of carboxyhemoglobin.

Meaning of carboxyhemoglobin

Noun

carboxyhemoglobin (usually uncountable, plural carboxyhemoglobins)

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

Forms of carboxyhaemoglobin

pluralcarboxyhaemoglobins

Questions about carboxyhaemoglobin

What is carboxyhaemoglobin the alternative spelling of?
Carboxyhaemoglobin is the alternative spelling of carboxyhemoglobin.

Words near carboxyhaemoglobin in the dictionary

  1. carboxyglutamate
  2. carboxyglutamates
  3. carboxyglutamic
  4. carboxyglutamic acid
  5. carboxyglutamic acids
  6. carboxyhaemoglobin
  7. carboxyhaemoglobinaemia
  8. carboxyhaemoglobins
  9. carboxyhemoglobin
  10. carboxyhemoglobinemia
  11. carboxyhemoglobins

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