OXYHAEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN Ox`y*hæm`o*glo"bin, Ox`y*hem`o*glo"bin, n. Etym: [Oxy- (a) + hæmoglobin, hemoglobin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: See Hemoglobin.
OXYHYDROGEN
Ox`y*hy"dro*gen, a. Etym: [Oxy- (a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas. Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe. — Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.
OXYHYDROGEN LIGHT
Oxyhydrogen light.
Defn: A light produced by the incandescence of some substances, esp. lime, in the oxyhydrogen flame. Coal gas (producing the oxygas light), or the vapor of ether (oxyether light) or methylated spirit (oxyspirit light), may be substituted for hydrogen.
OXYMEL
Ox"y*mel, n. Etym: [L. oxymeli, Gr. (Med.)
Defn: A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup. Sir T. Elyot.
OXYMETHYLENE
Ox`y*meth"yl*ene, n. Etym: [Oxy- (a) + methylene.] (Chem.)
Defn: Formic aldehyde, regarded as a methylene derivative.