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porphyrinoid

porphyrinoid adjective: based on a porphyrin.

Adjective

porphyrinoid (not comparable)

  1. Based on a porphyrin

Noun

porphyrinoid (plural porphyrinoids)

  1. Any of a group of macrocyclic compounds based on porphyrin

Forms of porphyrinoid

pluralporphyrinoids

Origin of porphyrinoid

From porphyrin + -oid.

Questions about porphyrinoid

What does porphyrinoid mean?
Porphyrinoid means based on a porphyrin.
What part of speech is porphyrinoid?
Porphyrinoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near porphyrinoid in the dictionary

  1. porphyrinic
  2. porphyrinogen
  3. porphyrinogenic
  4. porphyrinogenicity
  5. porphyrinogens
  6. porphyrinoid
  7. porphyrinoids
  8. porphyrinopathies
  9. porphyrinopathy
  10. porphyrins
  11. porphyrinuria

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