Medical term:

methemoglobin


methemoglobin

 [met-he´mo-glo″bin]
a hematogenous pigment formed from hemoglobin by oxidation of the iron atom from the ferrous to the ferric state. A small amount is found in the blood normally, but injury or toxic agents convert a larger proportion of hemoglobin into methemoglobin, which does not function as an oxygen carrier.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

met·he·mo·glo·bin (metHb),

(met-hē'mō-glō'bin),
A transformation product of oxyhemoglobin resulting from the oxidation of the normal Fe2+ to Fe3+, a process that converts heme to hematin; because methemoglobin contains water in firm union with ferric iron, it is chemically different from oxyhemoglobin; found in sanguineous effusions and in the circulating blood after poisoning with acetanilid or potassium chlorate, among other substances.
Synonym(s): ferrihemoglobin
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

methemoglobin

(mĕt-hē′mə-glō′bĭn)
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.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

met·he·mo·glo·bin

(metHb) (met-hē'mŏglō'bin)
A transformation product of oxyhemoglobin because of the oxidation of the normal Fe2+ to Fe3+, thus converting ferroprotoporphyrin to ferriprotoporphyrin; useless for respiration; found in bloody effusions and in the circulating blood after poisoning with acetanilid, potassium chlorate, and other substances.
Synonym(s): hemiglobin, methaemoglobin.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

Methemoglobin

A compound formed from hemoglobin by oxidation.
Mentioned in: Nephrotoxic Injury
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.


Latest Searches:
Voraxaze - Voranil - Voorhoeve - voodoo - VOO - Vontrol - von - vomitus - vomiturition - vomitory - vomitoria - vomito - vomitive - vomiting - vomit - vomica - vomerovaginalis - vomerovaginal - vomerorostralis - vomerorostral -
- Service manuals - MBI Corp