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porphyrins

porphyrins is the plural of porphyrin.

Meaning of porphyrin

Noun

porphyrin (plural porphyrins)

  1. Any of a class of heterocyclic compounds containing pyrrole rings arranged in a square or other similar shape; they are important in biochemistry in a form with a metal atom in the central cavity (hemoglobin with iron, chlorophyll with magnesium, etc.).

Questions about porphyrins

What is porphyrins the plural of?
Porphyrins is the plural of porphyrin.

Words near porphyrins in the dictionary

  1. porphyrinogens
  2. porphyrinoid
  3. porphyrinoids
  4. porphyrinopathies
  5. porphyrinopathy
  6. porphyrins
  7. porphyrinuria
  8. porphyrio
  9. porphyrios
  10. porphyrise
  11. porphyrised

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