Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A muscle-pigment. The common red muscle-pigment is identical with the hemoglobin of the blood. Other myochromes belong to the order of the lipochromes, and are especially abundant in certain fishes, such as the salmon and trout.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A colored albuminous substance in the serum from red-colored muscles. It is identical with hemoglobin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A coloured
albuminous substance in theserum from red-colouredmuscles , identical withhemoglobin .
Etymologies
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myo- + Ancient Greek for "colour".
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