methemoglobinemia

English

Etymology

methemoglobin + -emia

Noun

methemoglobinemia (countable and uncountable, plural methemoglobinemias)

  1. (medicine) Presence of excess methemoglobin in the blood; the form of toxic anemia characterized by it.
    Hypernym: dyshemoglobinemia
    Coordinate terms: carboxyhemoglobinemia, sulfhemoglobinemia
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