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metalloporphyrin

metalloporphyrin noun: any compound, such as heme, formed by a combination of a porphyrin and a metal, often iron, copper, silver, zinc, or magnesium.

Noun

metalloporphyrin (plural metalloporphyrins)

  1. Any compound, such as heme, formed by a combination of a porphyrin and a metal, often iron, copper, silver, zinc, or magnesium

Forms of metalloporphyrin

pluralmetalloporphyrins

Origin of metalloporphyrin

From metallo- + porphyrin.

Questions about metalloporphyrin

What does metalloporphyrin mean?
Metalloporphyrin means any compound, such as heme, formed by a combination of a porphyrin and a metal, often iron, copper, silver, zinc, or magnesium.
What part of speech is metalloporphyrin?
Metalloporphyrin is a noun.
What is the plural of metalloporphyrin?
The plural of metalloporphyrin is metalloporphyrins.

Words near metalloporphyrin in the dictionary

  1. metallophytes
  2. metalloplastic
  3. metalloplastics
  4. metallopolymer
  5. metallopolymers
  6. metalloporphyrin
  7. metalloporphyrins
  8. metalloprotease
  9. metalloproteases
  10. metalloprotective
  11. metalloprotein

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