Definitions for "Oxyhemoglobin"
See Hemoglobin.
the combination of hemoglobin and oxygen in arterial blood. Oxyhemoglobin gives arterial blood its bright red color.
Hemoglobin is a protein molecule that binds to oxygen; in its oxygen-loaded form, it is called oxyhemoglobin and is bright red. In the oxygen-unloaded form it is called deoxyhemoglobin and is purple-blue.