Porphyrin

Language: English
Pronunciation: por-phyrin
Part of Speech: noun

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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.).

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"any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues"

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