oxygen-carrier love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A substance used to bring about the transfer of oxygen so as to produce a compound of this element which would not be formed in the absence of the carrier. Thus, nitrogen dioxid servos as a carrier of oxygen derived from the air to sulphur dioxid and water in the lead-chamber process for making sulphuric acid.

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Examples

  • Why mammals have a common blood structure (Types A,B,O also in chimps) based on cells, in contrast to circulating proteins (cf. hemocyanin, a copper-based porphyrin oxygen-carrier found in e.g. lobsters).

    The Great Debate - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • So at last the redness, of the oxygen-carrier is turned to account.

    More Science From an Easy Chair 1888

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