# carboxyhemoglobin

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia

## Etymology
From carboxy + hemoglobin.

## Source
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