tetrapyrrole

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tetra- +‎ pyrrole

Noun[edit]

tetrapyrrole (plural tetrapyrroles)

(biochemistry) any of several natural pigments having a structure of four pyrrole rings connected by a one-carbon unit

Translations[edit]

any of several natural pigments with four pyrrole rings

Italian: tetrapirrolo m

See also[edit]

porphyrin

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