haemocyanin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It now appears that in spite of great differences in structure, molluscan and arthropod haemocyanins have a common molecular origin (Schneider et al., cited in Linzen et al. 1985a)."
- "Haemocyanin : Out of these four respiratory blood pigments, haemocyanin ranks next in importance to haemoglobin."
- "S. officinalis uses the blood pigment haemocyanin which has a limited capacity for carrying oxygen (3 mM) and thus rely on fully oxygenating haemocyanin at the gills and releasing the majority of the bound oxygen as it passes through the body (Melzner et al. 2007b)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English cyan Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English haemocyanin From haemo- + cyan + -in.
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
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