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carboxymyoglobin

carboxymyoglobin noun: the carboxylated form of myoglobin, analogous to carboxyhemoglobin as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Noun

carboxymyoglobin (uncountable)

  1. The carboxylated form of myoglobin, analogous to carboxyhemoglobin as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Origin of carboxymyoglobin

From carboxy- + myoglobin.

Questions about carboxymyoglobin

What does carboxymyoglobin mean?
Carboxymyoglobin means the carboxylated form of myoglobin, analogous to carboxyhemoglobin as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.
What part of speech is carboxymyoglobin?
Carboxymyoglobin is a noun.

Words near carboxymyoglobin in the dictionary

  1. carboxymethyldextrans
  2. carboxymethylenebutenolidase
  3. carboxymethyls
  4. carboxymethyltransferase
  5. carboxymethyltransferases
  6. carboxymyoglobin
  7. carboxynaphthofluorescein
  8. carboxypenicillin
  9. carboxypenicillins
  10. carboxypeptidase
  11. carboxypeptidases

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