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Meaning of "haemocyanin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAEMOCYANIN

haemocyanin  [ˌhiːməʊˈsaɪənɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAEMOCYANIN

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preposition
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Haemocyanin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAEMOCYANIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

haemocyanin

Hemocyanin

Hemocyanins are proteins that transport oxygen throughout the bodies of some invertebrate animals. These metalloproteins contain two copper atoms that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule. They are second only to hemoglobin in frequency of use as an oxygen transport molecule. Unlike the hemoglobin in red blood cells found in vertebrates, hemocyanins are not bound to blood cells but are instead suspended directly in the hemolymph. Oxygenation causes a color change between the colorless Cu deoxygenated form and the blue Cu oxygenated form.

Definition of haemocyanin in the English dictionary

The definition of haemocyanin in the dictionary is a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAEMOCYANIN


adenine
ˈædənɪn
alanin
ˈælənɪn
anthocyanin
ˌænθəʊˈsaɪənɪn
betacyanin
ˌbiːtəˈsaɪənɪn
cyanin
ˈsaɪənɪn
eumelanin
juːˈmelənɪn
glutenin
ˈɡluːtənɪn
hemocyanin
ˌhiːməʊˈsaɪənɪn
Manganin
ˈmæŋɡənɪn
melanin
ˈmɛlənɪn
opsonin
ˈɒpsənɪn
phthalocyanin
ˌθæləʊˈsaɪənɪn
phycocyanin
ˌfaɪkəˈsaɪənɪn
plastocyanin
ˌplæstəʊˈsaɪənɪn
safranin
ˈsæfrənɪn
safranine
ˈsæfrənɪn
saponin
ˈsæpənɪn
syntonin
ˈsɪntənɪn
thionin
ˈθaɪənɪn
troponin
ˈtræʊpənɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAEMOCYANIN

haemochrome
haemocoel
haemoconia
haemocyte
haemocytometer
haemodialyser
haemodialyses
haemodialysis
haemodialyzer
haemoflagellate
haemoglobin
haemoglobinometer
haemoglobinopathy
haemoglobinuria
haemoid
haemolyses
haemolysin
haemolysis
haemolytic
haemony

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAEMOCYANIN

agglutinin
artemisinin
Benin
bradykinin
Bulganin
cholecystokinin
conin
Cronin
Esenin
hemagglutinin
Lenin
lignin
melatonin
phaeomelanin
piccanin
renin
ronin
serotonin
tannin
uranin

Synonyms and antonyms of haemocyanin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «haemocyanin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAEMOCYANIN

Find out the translation of haemocyanin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of haemocyanin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «haemocyanin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

haemocyanin
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hemocianina
570 millions of speakers

English

haemocyanin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

haemocyanin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

haemocyanin
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

haemocyanin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hemocianina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

haemocyanin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hémocyanine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haemocyanin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hämocyanin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘモ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

haemocyanin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Haemocyanin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

haemocyanin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

haemocyanin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेमोसेयानिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hemosiyanin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

haemocyanin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

KLH
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

haemocyanin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

haemocyanin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

haemocyanin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haemocyanin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hemocyanin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

haemocyanin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of haemocyanin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAEMOCYANIN»

The term «haemocyanin» is normally little used and occupies the 150.233 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAEMOCYANIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «haemocyanin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «haemocyanin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about haemocyanin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAEMOCYANIN»

Discover the use of haemocyanin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to haemocyanin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Inorganic Biochemistry
No proteolytic fragmentation into active components has been observed for the haemocyanin of the arthropod Limulus polyphemus. si3 Amino- Acid Sequences and X-Ray Crystallography of Haemocyanins. The large molecular weight of the  ...
Royal Society of Chemistry, H. A. O. Hill, 1982
2
Dioxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins: A Tribute to Beatrice ...
The expression of both haemoglobin and haemocyanin in Cyamus was unexpected, as the haemolymph of organisms in most phyla studied have either the iron-based or copper-based oxygen transport protein, but not both. Cytoplasmic ...
Martino Bolognesi, Guido di Prisco, Cinzia Verde, 2008
3
Comparative Animal Biochemistry
Some spider species have haemocyanin molecules smaller than 24-mer: Cupiennius salei has 12-mers, and 6-mers occur in Filistata insidiatrix and Dysdera crocata [108. 115]. The haemocyanin of the chilopod Scu- tigera coleoptrata is ...
Klaus Urich, 1994
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The Journal of Biological Chemistry
The haemocyanin was prepared from fresh serum by fractional precipitation with ammonium sulphate.7 The precipitated haemocyanin was dissolved in water while still moist, and in the presence of toluene freed from ammonium sulphate by ...
‎1915
5
Proceedings of the 12th Baltic Marine Biologists Symposium: ...
Haemocyanin oxygen affinity at pH 7.65 and 7.90 for normoxia adapted animals and for animals adapted to <5 torr for one week. Hypoxia and anoxia are inevitably associated with the presence of hydrogen sulphide which occurs in high ...
Baltic Marine Biologists. Symposium, Estelle Bjørnestad, Lars Hagerman, 1992
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The Invertebrates
In many gastropods more than 90% of this protein is haemocyanin, which contains copper and can combine with oxygen. Helix haemocyanin is a huge molecule, of molecular weight 9 million. It consists of about 180 units of molecular weight ...
R. McNeill Alexander, 1979
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Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland
Addition of fibrin ferment to a solution of pure haemocyanin does not cause the formation of fibrin. Crustacean fibrin, moreover, contains no copper. (h.) The temperature of heat coagulation I place at a rather lower point than that hitherto given, ...
Scotland. Fishery Board, 1886
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Annual Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland
Addition of fibrin ferment to a solution of pure haemocyanin does not cause the formation of fibrin. Crustacean fibrin, moreover, contains no copper. (h.) The temperature of heat coagulation I place at a rather lower point than that hitherto given, ...
Fishery Board for Scotland, 1886
9
Animal Biochromes and Structural Colours: Physical, ...
Little more is even yet known of the prosthetic group through which copper is united to the globulin-protein molecule of haemocyanin. It is believed, however, to be a complex copper salt of a sulphur compound, which is in turn conjugated with ...
Denis Llewellyn Fox, 1976
10
Virus Separation and Purification Methods
RESULTS Evidence by Immuno-Electron Microscopy for Complete Coating of Homologous Antigens Evidence for complete coating of B. cincta haemocyanin by its specific immune Fab, was obtained by immuno-electron microscopy. Whereas ...
Alfred Polson, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAEMOCYANIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term haemocyanin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Positive selection in octopus haemocyanin indicates functional links …
Their oxygen transporter haemocyanin plays a major role in cold tolerance and accordingly has undergone functional modifications to sustain ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
2
Antarctic octopus' blue blood may be the key to its survival
The pigment, haemocyanin, provides a more efficient method of oxygen-carriage in freezing temperatures compared to other oxygen-binding ... «The News Hub, May 15»
3
March biology highlights: octopuses, heavy metal, and pocket-sized …
The blood pigment is haemocyanin, analogous to the haemoglobin in mammalian blood, which has a varying oxygen affinity depending on the ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
4
Antarctic Octopus's 'Blue Blood' Helps It Survive in Frigid Waters
To cope, Antarctic octopuses use a copper-based protein called haemocyanin. It makes their blood run blue and is much more efficient at ... «Live Science, Apr 15»
5
Blue blood on ice: How an Antarctic octopus survives the cold
While haemocyanin has proved to be crucial to Antarctic octopods, more comprehensive insight is needed to predict their fate in a warming ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
6
Introverts Are Better In Bed... In The World Of Hermit Crabs
"Individual consistency was unrelated to haemocyanin concentration or spermatophore size, but mean startle response duration increased with ... «Tech Times, Mar 15»
7
Shy guys make the best LOVERS: Timid hermit crabs found to be …
The researchers then measured the levels of a protein called haemocyanin, which is responsible for carrying oxygen around the crabs bodies. «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
8
Antiviral Abalone
But abalone use a different molecule for oxygen, haemocyanin, not based on iron but on bluey-green copper. If this liquid has antiviral ... «ABC Online, Nov 14»
9
Why Horseshoe Crabs Bleed Blue And Worms Bleed Green
Rather than haemoglobin, these creatures use a protein called haemocyanin to transport oxygen. The differing structure of the pigment, as well ... «io9, Oct 14»
10
Why lobsters turn red when cooked
The blood of lobsters is clear in colour though it turns blue when exposed to air – this is because their blood uses haemocyanin for its oxygen ... «The Star Online, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Haemocyanin [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/haemocyanin>. Apr 2024 ».
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