A fairly stable union of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin. The formation of c. prevents the normal transfer of carbon dioxide and oxygen during the circulation of blood; thus, increasing levels of c. result in various degrees of asphyxiation, including death. SYN: carbon monoxide hemoglobin, carbonmonoxy myoglobin.
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car·boxy·he·mo·glo·bin or chiefly Brit car·boxy·hae·mo·glo·bin (.)kär-.bäk-sē-'hē-mə-.glō-bən n a very stable combination of hemoglobin and carbon monoxide formed in the blood when carbon monoxide is inhaled with resulting loss of ability of the blood to combine with oxygen
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car·boxy·he·mo·glo·bin (kahr-bok″se-heґmo-glo″bin) hemoglobin in which the sites usually bound to oxygen are bound to carbon monoxide, which has an affinity for hemoglobin over 200 times that of oxygen. See carbon monoxide poisoning, under poisoning.Medical dictionary. 2011.