(from the article `meat processing`) ...to the air, beef slowly turns to a bright cherry-red colour in a process called blooming. Blooming is the result of oxygen binding to the iron ...
Myoglobin in its oxygenated form, analogous in structure to oxyhemoglobin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(ok″se-mi´o-glo″bin) myoglobin charged with oxygen.
(MbO2) Type: Term Pronunciation: ok′sē-mī′ō-glō′bin Definitions: 1. Myoglobin in its oxygenated form, analogous in structure to oxyhemoglobin.