met|he|mo|glo|bin

met|he|mo|glo|bin
met|he|mo|glo|bin «meht HEE muh GLOH bihn, -HEHM uh-; meh THEE-», noun.
a brownish substance formed in the blood when the hematin of oxyhemoglobin is oxidized, either by spontaneous decomposition of the blood or by the action of an oxidizing agent, as potassium chlorate.
[< German Methemoglobin < Greek meth-, variant of meta- meta- + New Latin haemoglobin hemoglobin]

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