carbaminohemoglobin
noun
carb·ami·no·he·mo·glo·bin
ˌkärb-ə-ˌmē-(ˌ)nō-ˈhē-mə-ˌglō-bən
variants
also carbhemoglobin
or carbohemoglobin
: a compound of hemoglobin with carbon dioxide
About 80 percent of the output of carbon dioxide from tissue is transported as bicarbonate, 10 percent as carbaminohemoglobin, and 10 percent in physical solution.—Connie C.W. Hsia, The New England Journal of Medicine
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