myoglobin

See also: Myoglobin

English

Noun

myoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural myoglobins)

1. (biochemistry) A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with myoglobulin.

Derived terms

• apomyoglobin
• carboxymyoglobin
• deoxymyoglobin
• ferrylmyoglobin
• holomyoglobin
• metamyoglobin
• metmyoglobin
• myoglobinemia
• myoglobinuria
• myohemoglobin
• nitrosylmyoglobin
• oxymyoglobin

Translations

small globular protein

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肌紅蛋白 / 肌红蛋白 (jīhóngdànbái), 肌紅素 / 肌红素 (jīhóngsù)

• Finnish: myoglobiini (fi), lihaspuna
• French: myoglobine (fr) f
• German: Myoglobin (de) n
• Icelandic: vöðvarauði m, mýóglóbín n, vöðvaglóbín n
• Italian: mioglobina (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: mioglobina (pl) f
• Portuguese: mioglobina f
• Russian: миоглоби́н (ru) m (mioglobín)
• Spanish: mioglobina f
• Turkish: miyoglobin

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