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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.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pigment
From German Porphyrin, shortened from Hämatoporphyrin (“haematoporphyrin”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
porfirina
— heterocyclic compound
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Chinese Cantonese:
卟啉
(buk1 lam4)
— heterocyclic compound
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Chinese Mandarin:
卟啉
(bǔlín)
— heterocyclic compound
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Finnish:
porfyriini
— heterocyclic compound
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Galician:
porfirina
— heterocyclic compound
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German:
Porphyrin
— heterocyclic compound
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Italian:
porfirina
— heterocyclic compound
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Japanese:
ポルフィリン
(porufirin)
— heterocyclic compound
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Korean:
포르피린
(poreupirin)
— heterocyclic compound
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Spanish:
porfirina
— heterocyclic compound
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Turkish:
porfirin
— heterocyclic compound
