- verdohemoglobin
- SYN: choleglobin.
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ver·do·he·mo·glo·bin (ver″do-he″mo-glo″bin) choleglobin.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
verdohemoglobin
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choleglobin — A pigmented compound of globin and iron porphyrin (with an open ring due to cleavage of the α methene bridge by α methyl oxygenase); the first intermediate in the degradation of hemoglobin, further d … Medical dictionary
verdohemochrome — An intermediate stage in hemoglobin degradation to yield the bile pigments, i.e., hemoglobin yields choleglobin (verdohemoglobin) and the loss of globin leaves v., the precursor of biliverdin … Medical dictionary
verd- — combining form or verdo Etymology: Middle French verd , from Old French verd, vert green : green colored verdohemoglobin … Useful english dictionary
