OXYHEMOGLOBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxyhemoglobin mean? 

• OXYHEMOGLOBIN (noun)
  The noun OXYHEMOGLOBIN has 1 sense:

1. the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs

  Familiarity information: OXYHEMOGLOBIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXYHEMOGLOBIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

oxyhaemoglobin; oxyhemoglobin

Context example:

oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body

Hypernyms ("oxyhemoglobin" is a kind of...):

haemoglobin; Hb; hemoglobin (a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the oxyhemoglobin, oxygen-bound hemoglobin, in a biological specimen.

(Oxyhemoglobin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of oxyhemoglobin present in a sample.

(Oxyhemoglobin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A magnetic resonance imaging technique that uses the difference between the magnetic signals of hemoglobin when it is carrying oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) and when it is not carrying oxygen (deoxyhemoglobin) to detect metabolic activity, and hence neurologic activity, in the brain.

(Blood Oxygen Level Dependent Imaging, NCI Thesaurus)

The red respiratory protein of erythrocytes, consisting of approximately 3.8% heme and 96.2% globin (64.5 KD), which as oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues where the oxygen is readily released and HbO2 becomes Hb.

(Hemoglobin, NCI Thesaurus)