hæmiglobin, hem- Biochem.
(hiːmɪˈgləʊbɪn, hiːmaɪ-)
[ad. G. hämiglobin (Kiese & Kaeske 1942, in Biochem. Zeitschr. CCCXII. 122), f. hämoglobin haemoglobin, by alteration.]
= methæmoglobin.
| 1944 Chem. Abstr. XXXVIII. 1537 In expts. dealing with the mechanism of chlorate poisoning, H. and J. [Heubner and Jung] found that hemiglobin (hitherto termed methemoglobin)..served to accelerate its own formation. 1965 Clin. Chim. Acta XI. 571 (heading) The formation of haemiglobin using nitrites. 1966 Biol. Abstr. XLVII. 5186/1 The rate of hemiglobin formation was measured in human blood during drying in air. |