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methemoglobin
(redirected from methemoglobin reductase pathway)

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met·he·mo·glo·bin  (mt-hm-glbn)
n.
A brownish-red form of hemoglobin that occurs when hemoglobin is oxidized either during decomposition of the blood or by the action of various oxidizing drugs or toxic agents. It contains iron in the ferric state and cannot function as an oxygen carrier.

[met(a)- + hemoglobin.]

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