citocromo

Italian

Etymology

From cito- +‎ cromo.

Noun

citocromo m (plural citocromi)

1. (biochemistry) cytochrome

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.toˈkɾõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.toˈkɾõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.toˈkɾo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.tuˈkɾo.mu/

• Hyphenation: ci‧to‧cro‧mo

Noun

citocromo m (plural citocromos)

1. (biochemistry) cytochrome (hemeprotein responsible for the generation of ATP)

Further reading

• “citocromo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “citocromo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cytochrome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θitoˈkɾomo/ [θi.t̪oˈkɾo.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sitoˈkɾomo/ [si.t̪oˈkɾo.mo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: ci‧to‧cro‧mo

Noun

citocromo m (plural citocromos)

1. (biochemistry) cytochrome

Derived terms

• citocrómico

Further reading

• “citocromo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025