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prophyrin

prophyrin is the misspelling 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 prophyrin

What is prophyrin the misspelling of?
Prophyrin is the misspelling of porphyrin.

Words near prophyrin in the dictionary

  1. prophylla
  2. prophyllate
  3. prophylloid
  4. prophylls
  5. prophyllum
  6. prophyrin
  7. prophyses
  8. prophysis
  9. propice
  10. propicillin
  11. propiconazol

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