methaemoglobinuriamethemoglobinurian.
/ˌmɛthiːməˌɡləʊbɪˈnjʊərɪə/, /ˌmɛθiːməˌɡləʊbɪˈnjʊərɪə/, U.S. /ˌmɛthiməˌɡloʊbəˈnʊriə/ Medicine.
The presence of methaemoglobin in the urine; any clinical condition characterized by this.
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1889 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. VII. 426 Hæmoglobinuria (hæmatinuria, methæmoglobinuria).
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 288 The latter [sc. hæmoglobinuria] is frequently a mixture of hæmoglobin with various derivatives such as methæmoglobinuria.
1959 Science 2 Jan. 12/2 Examples are the disturbances of iron metabolism in hemochromatosis and in methemoglobinuria.
1985 Toxicon 23 631 The venom of the Brazilian rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus is known to have hemolytic and neurotoxic physiopathological activities which may cause acute renal failure with hemoglobinuria and/or methemoglobinuria.
1993 Internat. Jrnl. Artificial Organs 16 21/1 Eleven patients had jaundice..and eight had methaemoglobinuria.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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