methemoglobin
noun
met·he·mo·glo·bin
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Definition of methemoglobin
: a soluble brown crystalline basic blood pigment that differs from hemoglobin in containing ferric iron and in being unable to combine reversibly with molecular oxygen
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methemoglobin
noun
met·he·mo·glo·bin
variants:
or chiefly British methaemoglobin \ (ˈ)met-ˈhē-mə-ˌglō-bən
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Medical Definition of methemoglobin
: a soluble brown crystalline basic blood pigment that is found in normal blood in much smaller amounts than hemoglobin, that is formed from blood, hemoglobin, or oxyhemoglobin by oxidation, and that differs from hemoglobin in containing ferric iron and in being unable to combine reversibly with molecular oxygen
— called also ferrihemoglobin