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porphyrinic

porphyrinic adjective: of, pertaining to, or derived from a porphyrin.

Adjective

porphyrinic (comparative more porphyrinic, superlative most porphyrinic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from a porphyrin.

Forms of porphyrinic

comparativemore porphyrinic
superlativemost porphyrinic

Origin of porphyrinic

From porphyrin + -ic.

Words that rhyme with porphyrinic

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about porphyrinic

What does porphyrinic mean?
Porphyrinic means of, pertaining to, or derived from a porphyrin.
What part of speech is porphyrinic?
Porphyrinic is an adjective.

Words near porphyrinic in the dictionary

  1. porphyrilic acid
  2. porphyrin
  3. porphyrinate
  4. porphyrine
  5. porphyrines
  6. porphyrinic
  7. porphyrinogen
  8. porphyrinogenic
  9. porphyrinogenicity
  10. porphyrinogens
  11. porphyrinoid

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