methemoglobin

methemoglobin
/met hee"meuh gloh'bin, -hem"euh-, -hee'meuh gloh"-, -hem'euh-/, n. Biochem.
a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
[1865-70; MET- + HEMOGLOBIN]

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