Carboxyhaemoglobin


noun
haemoglobin coordinated with carbon monoxide, formed as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. As carbon monoxide is bound in preference to oxygen, tissues are deprived of oxygen

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  • Carboxyhemoglobin

    carboxyhemoglobin carboxyhemoglobin car·box·y·he·mo·glo·bin (kär-bŏk’sē-hē’mə-glō’bĭn) n. The compound that is formed when inhaled carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin in the blood. Also called carbon monoxide hemoglobin.

  • Carboxyhemoglobinemia

    carboxyhemoglobinemia carboxyhemoglobinemia car·box·y·he·mo·glo·bi·ne·mi·a (kär-bŏk’sē-hē’mə-glō’bə-nē’mē-ə) n. See carbon monoxide poisoning.

  • Carboxyl

    containing the carboxyl group. Historical Examples When treated with alkalies, they lose their carboxyl groups and become ætioporphyrin. The Chemistry of Plant Life Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher The carboxyl group constitutes another convenient starting-point for the orientation of many types of organic compounds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 Various Entrance of the carboxyl […]

  • Carboxyl-group

    the univalent radical COOH, present in and characteristic of organic acids. noun the monovalent group –COOH, consisting of a carbonyl group bound to a hydroxyl group: the functional group in organic acids

  • Carboxylase

    decarboxylase. Historical Examples (b) The pyruvic acid is then decomposed by carboxylase yielding aldehyde and carbon dioxide (equation 2, p. 109). Alcoholic Fermentation Arthur Harden With regard to the relation of carboxylase to the process of alcoholic fermentation, nothing definite is yet known. Alcoholic Fermentation Arthur Harden A comparison of the conditions of action of […]


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