Medical Definition of Oxyhemoglobins
1. A compound formed by the combination of haemoglobin and oxygen. It is a complex in which the oxygen is bound directly to the iron without causing a change from the ferrous to the ferric state. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxyhemoglobins
Literary usage of Oxyhemoglobins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colloids in Biology and Medicine by Heinrich Bechhold (1919)
"oxyhemoglobins crystallize in various ways depending upon the animal species from
which they are derived. For example, horse oxyhemoglobin forms rhombic, ..."
2. Text-book of Physiological Chemistry in Thirty Lectures by Emil Abderhalden (1908)
"We may also mention the fact that the various oxyhemoglobins contain different
amounts of water of crystallization. It is still an open question whether the ..."
3. An Intermediate Textbook of Physiological Chemistry with Experiments by Chauncey John Vallette Pettibone (1917)
"Oxyhemoglobin may be crystallized with comparative ease. oxyhemoglobins from
different animals form crystals of greatly varying form, ..."
4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"... The figures given in the table for the oxyhemoglobins require explanation
since it seems to be generally assumed that the composition of these bodies is ..."
5. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"... unnecessary to seek further for the origin of the differences in crystal form
of the oxyhemoglobins derived from blood of different species of animals. ..."
6. Text-book of Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry by Elias Hudson Bartley (1899)
"The crystalline blood-pigments are oxyhemoglobins. Hemoglobin forms a feeble
compound with oxygen, which is released by heating its solutions in a vacuum, ..."
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