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methaemoglobin		medical dictionary

<haematology> An oxidized form of haemoglobin containing ferric iron that is produced by the action of oxidizing poisons. In this form the haemoglobin in a form that is nonfunctional and incapable of carrying oxygen..

Abbreviation: metHb

American spelling: methemoglobin

(12 Feb 2009)

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