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triheme

triheme noun: three heme groups in a hemoprotein.

Noun

triheme (uncountable)

  1. Three heme groups in a hemoprotein

Forms of triheme

alternative formtri-heme

Origin of triheme

From tri- + heme.

Questions about triheme

What does triheme mean?
Triheme means three heme groups in a hemoprotein.
What part of speech is triheme?
Triheme is a noun.

Words near triheme in the dictionary

  1. trihedrons
  2. trihelical
  3. trihelices
  4. trihelium
  5. trihelix
  6. triheme
  7. trihemeral
  8. trihemiobol
  9. trihemiobolion
  10. trihemiobols
  11. trihemitetartemoria

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