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Noun: carboxyhaemoglobin
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: carboxyhemoglobin)
  1. A stable complex of carbon monoxide and haemoglobin that forms in red blood cells upon contact with carbon monoxide
    "High levels of carboxyhaemoglobin in the blood can indicate carbon monoxide poisoning";
    - carboxyhemoglobin [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Carboxyhaemoglobin