methæmoglobin

See also: methaemoglobin

English

Etymology

Combination of methyl and haemoglobin.

Noun

methæmoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural methæmoglobins)

  1. Alternative spelling of methemoglobin
    • 1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page 44:
      Methæmoglobin crystallizes in the same form as oxyhæmoglobin, and has a characteristic spectrum (Pl. I. spectrum 8).
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