methæmoglobin

A form of methemoglobin — An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot transport oxygen.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounmethæmoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural methæmoglobins)

plural methæmoglobins

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of methemoglobin.

    Methæmoglobin crystallizes in the same form as oxyhæmoglobin, and has a characteristic spectrum (Pl. I. spectrum 8).

    1900, Henry Pickering Bowditch, An American text-book of physiology, page 44
Cite this entry
APA

methæmoglobin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meth%C3%A6moglobin

MLA

“methæmoglobin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meth%C3%A6moglobin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “methæmoglobin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meth%C3%A6moglobin.

Source: methæmoglobin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.