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etioporphyrin

noun etio·por·phy·rin

Medical Definition of ETIOPORPHYRIN

:  any of four isomeric porphyrins C32H38N4; especially :  a violet crystalline pigment occurring in nature (as in petroleum and coal) and formed by degradation of chlorophyll and of heme

Variants of ETIOPORPHYRIN

etio·por·phy·rin or chiefly British ae·tio·por·phy·rin \-ˈpr-fə-rən\

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