porphyrins
Meaning of porphyrins
noun
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.).
Information about porphyrins
- It is a name.
- The singular form of porphyrins is: porphyrin.
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Hyphenation of porphyrins
por-phyrins
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- porphyrins is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with porphyrins
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