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cryptochrome

cryptochrome noun: any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.

Noun

cryptochrome (plural cryptochromes)

  1. Any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.

Forms of cryptochrome

pluralcryptochromes

Origin of cryptochrome

From crypto- + -chrome.

Questions about cryptochrome

What does cryptochrome mean?
Cryptochrome means any of several light-sensitive flavoproteins, involved in the circadian rhythms of plants and animals, and possibly also in the sensing of magnetic fields.
What part of speech is cryptochrome?
Cryptochrome is a noun.
What is the plural of cryptochrome?
The plural of cryptochrome is cryptochromes.

Words near cryptochrome in the dictionary

  1. cryptochirid
  2. cryptochirids
  3. cryptochlorogenic acid
  4. cryptochlorophaeic acid
  5. cryptochoridism
  6. cryptochrome
  7. cryptochromes
  8. cryptoclase
  9. cryptocleidid
  10. cryptocleidids
  11. cryptoclidid

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