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oxyhaemoglobin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oxy-haemoglobin
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English haemoglobin English oxyhaemoglobin From oxy- + haemoglobin.

Usage

Inflected Forms

oxyhaemoglobins (plural) oxyhæmoglobin (alternative) oxyhemoglobin (alternative)

Synonyms

oxyhemoglobin

Rhymes With

hemoglobin haemoglobin globin

Questions

What does oxyhaemoglobin mean?
The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.
Where does oxyhaemoglobin come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English haemoglobin English oxyhaemoglobin From oxy- + haemoglobin.

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