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corrins

corrins is the plural of corrin.

Meaning of corrin

Noun

corrin (plural corrins)

  1. A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.
    • But the result showed unequivocally that the vitamin contained a ring system unlike any that had been seen before (it was later given the name ‘corrin’).1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life

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Proper noun capitalized: Corrins

Corrins

  1. (plural) plural of Corrin

Questions about corrins

What is corrins the plural of?
Corrins is the plural of corrin.
What part of speech is corrins?
Corrins is a proper noun.

Words near corrins in the dictionary

  1. Corrinne
  2. corrinoch
  3. corrinochs
  4. corrinoid
  5. corrinoids
  6. corrins
  7. Corris
  8. Corris Uchaf
  9. corrival
  10. corrivaled
  11. corrivaling

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