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texaphyrin

texaphyrin noun: any of a certain subclass of porphyrins.

Noun

texaphyrin (plural texaphyrins)

  1. Any of a certain subclass of porphyrins.

Forms of texaphyrin

pluraltexaphyrins

Origin of texaphyrin

Blend of Texas + porphyrin, because some of the molecules have a shape that can be superimposed on the points of the star on the Texas state flag.

Questions about texaphyrin

What does texaphyrin mean?
Texaphyrin means any of a certain subclass of porphyrins.
What part of speech is texaphyrin?
Texaphyrin is a noun.
What is the plural of texaphyrin?
The plural of texaphyrin is texaphyrins.

Words near texaphyrin in the dictionary

  1. Texanizing
  2. Texanness
  3. texanol
  4. texanols
  5. Texans
  6. texaphyrin
  7. texaphyrins
  8. Texaplex
  9. Texarkana
  10. Texarkanan
  11. Texarkanans

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