Definitions for porphyrin

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porphyrin por·phy·rin

Spelling: [pawr-fuh-rin]

IPA: /ˈpɔr fə rɪn/

Porphyrin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in porphyrin (hinopprry).

Definitions for porphyrin

noun

1. a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 12 .

Origin of porphyrin

1905-10; Greek porphýr(a) purple + -in²