Definitions for "Methemoglobin"
formed by nitrate combined with hemoglobin in the blood; does not carry oxygen to body cells.
A spectroscopically detected compound of hemoglobin found in nitrobenzol, and other poisonings. The blood is a chocolate brC1.oln color to the eye.
A compound that can be formed from nitrates and nitrites and that restricts or prevents transportation of oxygen by the blood, resulting in a condition known as methemoglobinemia. Ingesting water containing more than 10 mg/L of nitrates can, in the long term, promote methemoglobin formation.