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Definition of: porphyrin
(pôr′fə·rin) noun Biochem.
Any of a class of organic pigments derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin and chlorophyll, and consisting of four pyrrole nuclei. [Short for (hemato)porphyrin <HEMATO- + Gk. porphyra the purple whelk and its dye + -IN]
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