hemocyanin

English

Alternative forms

• haemocyanin

Noun

hemocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural hemocyanins)

1. (biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods

Derived terms

• keyhole limpet hemocyanin

Translations

pigment

• French: hémocyanine (fr) f
• German: Hämocyanin n
• Greek: αιμοκυανίνη (el) f (aimokyaníni)
• Italian: emocianine f
• Russian: гемоциани́н (ru) m (gemocianín)
• Spanish: hemocianina f
• Swedish: hemocyanin (sv) n

Further reading

• “hemocyanin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• hemocyanin, haemocyanin at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.