"porphyrin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɔːfɪɹɪn/ [UK], /ˈpɔɹfəɹɪn/ [General-American] Forms: porphyrins [plural]
Etymology: From German Porphyrin, shortened from Hämatoporphyrin (“haematoporphyrin”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Porphyrin}} German Porphyrin Head templates: {{en-noun}} porphyrin (plural porphyrins)
  1. (organic chemistry) 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.). Wikipedia link: porphyrin Categories (topical): Organic compounds Related terms: porphyria, porphyric, corrin Translations (heterocyclic compound): porfirina [feminine] (Catalan), 卟啉 (buk¹ lam⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 卟啉 (bǔlín) (Chinese Mandarin), porfyriini (Finnish), porfirina [feminine] (Galician), Porphyrin [neuter] (German), porfirina [feminine] (Italian), ポルフィリン (porufirin) (Japanese), 포르피린 (poreupirin) (Korean), porfirina [feminine] (Spanish), porfirin (Turkish)

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