Usually means: Protein that binds oxygen in muscles.
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  1. myoglobin: Merriam-Webster
  2. myoglobin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. myoglobin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. myoglobin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. myoglobin: Vocabulary.com
  6. myoglobin: Wordnik
  7. myoglobin: Wiktionary
  8. myoglobin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. myoglobin: Infoplease Dictionary
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  11. Myoglobin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. myoglobin: Rhymezone
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  14. myoglobin: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. myoglobin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. myoglobin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Myoglobin: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. myoglobin: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Glossary
  6. myoglobin: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
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  9. Myoglobin: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (myoglobin)

▸ noun:  (biochemistry) A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.

Similar:
myoglobulin, myohemoglobin, myohemerythrin, myosinogen, holomyoglobin, myochrome, metmyoglobin, oxymyoglobin, apomyoglobin, globin, more...

Opposite:
hemoglobin, deoxymyoglobin

Types:
hemoglobin, oxymyoglobin, carboxymyoglobin, metmyoglobin, more...

Phrases:
urine myoglobin, more...

Adjectives:
human, more, whale, little, native, skeletal, urinary, nitric, crystalline, free, sperm

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Similar:
myoglobulin, myohemoglobin, myohemerythrin, myosinogen, holomyoglobin, myochrome, metmyoglobin, oxymyoglobin, apomyoglobin, globin, more...

Opposite:
hemoglobin, deoxymyoglobin

Types:
hemoglobin, oxymyoglobin, carboxymyoglobin, metmyoglobin, more...

Phrases:
urine myoglobin, more...

Adjectives:
human, more, whale, little, native, skeletal, urinary, nitric, crystalline, free, sperm

Colors:
    dark red,     burgundy,     maroon,     crimson,     ruby, more...



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