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Etymology
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From haemo- + chromo- plus gen, from Ancient Greek: αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) combined with χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”)….
Noun
hæmochromogen (uncountable)
- (biochemistry) Substance of hemoglobin, from lack of oxygen.
1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page 37:Hæmochromogen in the presence of oxygen quickly undergoes oxidation to the more stable hæmatin.