myoglobin noun. 
[mʌɪǝ(ʊ)'glǝʊbɪn] E20.[from MYO- + GLOBIN, after haemoglobin.]Biochemistry. A red iron-containing protein which carries and stores oxygen in muscle cells, and resembles a subunit of haemoglobin in structure. 
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