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sapphyrin

sapphyrin noun: a macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues.

Noun

sapphyrin (plural sapphyrins)

  1. A macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues

Forms of sapphyrin

pluralsapphyrins

Questions about sapphyrin

What does sapphyrin mean?
Sapphyrin means a macrocycle, analogous to porphyrin, containing five pyrrole residues.
What part of speech is sapphyrin?
Sapphyrin is a noun.
What is the plural of sapphyrin?
The plural of sapphyrin is sapphyrins.

Words near sapphyrin in the dictionary

  1. sapphistry
  2. sapphists
  3. sapphite
  4. sapphites
  5. Sappho
  6. sapphyrin
  7. sapphyrins
  8. sappie
  9. sappier
  10. sappies
  11. sappiest

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