methemoglobin

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Etymology

From meta- +‎ haemoglobin.

Noun

methemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural methemoglobins)

  1. (biochemistry) An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot transport oxygen.