methemoglobin

or met·hae·mo·glo·bin

[ met-hee-muh-gloh-bin, -hem-uh-, -hee-muh-gloh-, -hem-uh- ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.

Origin of methemoglobin

1
First recorded in 1865–70; met- + hemoglobin

Words Nearby methemoglobin

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