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cytochromes

cytochromes is the plural of cytochrome.

Meaning of cytochrome

Noun

cytochrome (plural cytochromes)

  1. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.
    • The drug-metabolizing enzymes in the liver, called cytochrome-p450s, comprise a large family of some fifty or more related enzymes, which have evolved in a remarkable way […].2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 33

Questions about cytochromes

What is cytochromes the plural of?
Cytochromes is the plural of cytochrome.

Words near cytochromes in the dictionary

  1. cytochemokines
  2. cytocheratin
  3. cytocholasin
  4. cytochromal
  5. cytochrome
  6. cytochromes
  7. cytochromic
  8. cytochylema
  9. cytocidal
  10. cytocide
  11. cytocides

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