oxyhaemoglobin
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oxyhaemoglobin
Haemoglobin combined with oxygen; the form in which oxygen is transported in the blood.
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oxyhaemoglobin
Haemoglobin that has combined reversibly with oxygen. Oxyhaemoglobin is a relatively unstable, bright red substance and is the means by which most of the oxygen is transported in the bloodstream from the lungs to the tissues. Each molecule of haemoglobin can carry four molecules of oxygen.
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