ALL meanings of carboxyhemoglobin
- noun carboxyhemoglobin a compound formed in the blood when carbon monoxide occupies the positions on the hemoglobin molecule normally taken by oxygen, resulting in cellular oxygen starvation 3
- noun carboxyhemoglobin A compound formed in the blood by the binding of carbon monoxide to hemoglobin. It is stable and therefore cannot absorb or transport oxygen. 1
- noun carboxyhemoglobin (biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia. 0