/met hee"meuh gloh'bin, -hem"euh-, -hee'meuh gloh"-, -hem'euh-/ , n. Biochem.
a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
Also, methaemoglobin . Also called ferrihemoglobin, hemiglobin .
[ 1865-70; MET- + HEMOGLOBIN ]