hæmochromogen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “gen”) haemo- + chromo plus gen, from Ancient Greek: αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) combined with χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”)…
Noun[edit]
hæmochromogen (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) Substance of hemoglobin, from lack of oxygen.
- 1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology[1], page 37:
- Hæmochromogen in the presence of oxygen quickly undergoes oxidation to the more stable hæmatin.