Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OXYHAEMOGLOBIN
oxyhemoglobin, oxyhaemoglobin
(noun) the bright red hemoglobin that is a combination of hemoglobin and oxygen from the lungs; “oxyhemoglobin transports oxygen to the cells of the body”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oxyhaemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural oxyhaemoglobins)
(biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin, loosely combined with oxygen, present in arterial and capillary blood.
Source: Wiktionary
Ox`y*hæm`o*glo"bin, Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin, n. Etym: [Oxy- (a) + hæmoglobin, hemoglobin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: See Hemoglobin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 February 2025
ANOMALY
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
Coffee Trivia
