Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myoglobin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables: myo-globin
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

myoglobins (plural)

Derived Forms

apomyoglobin carboxymyoglobin deoxymyoglobin ferrylmyoglobin holomyoglobin metamyoglobin metmyoglobin myoglobinemia myoglobinuria myohemoglobin nitrosylmyoglobin oxymyoglobin

Questions

What does myoglobin mean?: A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.

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