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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) See
hemoglobin .
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- noun biochemistry The form of
haemoglobin , loosely combined withoxygen , present inarterial andcapillary blood .
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- noun the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs
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Oxygen joins to the haemoglobin to form oxyhaemoglobin, which allows it to be transported around the body.
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Oxygen joins to the haemoglobin to form oxyhaemoglobin, which allows it to be transported around the body.
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Oxygen joins to the haemoglobin to form oxyhaemoglobin, which allows it to be transported around the body.
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