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oxyhemoglobin
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hemoglobin \Hem"o*glo"bin\, n. [Hemo- + globe.] (Physiol.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called h[ae]matoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called h[ae]matocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oxyhaemoglobin \Ox`y*haem`o*glo"bin\, Oxyhemoglobin
\Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin\, n. [Oxy
(a) + haemoglobin, hemoglobin.] (Physiol. Chem.) See
Hemoglobin.
[1913 Webster]
