oxymyoglobin Biochem.
(ˌɒksɪmaɪəˈgləʊbɪn)
[f. oxy- 2 + myoglobin.]
The oxygenated form of myoglobin.
| 1935 Physiol. Abstr. XIX. 578 The dissociation curve of oxymyoglobin is a hyperbola. 1953 Fruton & Simmonds Gen. Biochem. vi. 167 At a given oxygen pressure oxymyoglobin is less dissociated than oxyhemoglobin, i.e. myoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen. 1974 M. D. Ranken in Birch & Parker Vitamin C ix. 122 At the surface of fresh meat, in contact with oxygen, the colour is the bright red of oxymyoglobin. |