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Definition of: methemoglobin
(met·hē′mə·glō′bin, -hem′ə-) noun Biochem.
A stable, brown-red, crystalline compound formed by the decomposition of blood and by oxidation of hemoglobin. Also met·haé·mo·glo′bin. [<MET- + HEMOGLOBIN]
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