MYOGLOBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myoglobin mean? 

• MYOGLOBIN (noun)
  The noun MYOGLOBIN has 1 sense:

1. a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed

  Familiarity information: MYOGLOBIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYOGLOBIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("myoglobin" is a kind of...):

haemoprotein; hemoprotein (a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin)

Meronyms (substance of "myoglobin"):

haem; haemitin; hematin; heme; protoheme (a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of myoglobin present in a sample.

(Myoglobin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of myoglobin in a biological specimen.

(Myoglobin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the ratio of myoglobin compared to creatinine present in a sample.

(Myoglobin to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the myoglobin to creatinine present in a sample.

(Myoglobin to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Fast fatigue-resistant fibers, also called red fibers, have a large mitochondrial content and a high myoglobin content, related to their resistance to fatigue.

(Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Transferrin-bound iron is transported in the plasma to the liver, spleen and bone marrow, where is it is incorporated into hemoglobin (Hgb) and to muscle where it is incorporated into myoglobin (Mb).

(Iron Dextran Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Important in transport of oxygen by hemoglobin to the tissues, iron is also found in myoglobin, transferrin, and ferritin, and is as a component of many enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, and cytochromes.

(Ferrous Gluconate, NCI Thesaurus)

Transferrin-bound iron is transported in the plasma to the liver, spleen and bone marrow, where it is incorporated into hemoglobin, and to muscle, where it is incorporated into myoglobin.

(Ferric Carboxymaltose Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent does not readily chelate iron bound to transferrin, hemoglobin, myoglobin or cytochrome.

(Deferoxamine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Important in transport of oxygen by hemoglobin to the tissues, iron is also found in myoglobin, transferrin, and ferritin, and is a component of many enzymes such as catalase, peroxidase, and cytochromes.

(Ferrous sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)