Medical Dictionary

pheophorbide

noun pheo·phor·bide

Medical Definition of PHEOPHORBIDE

:  a blue-black crystalline acid obtained from chlorophyll or pheophytin by treatment with hydrochloric acid

Variants of PHEOPHORBIDE

pheo·phor·bide or British phaeo·phor·bide \ˌfē-ə-ˈfr-ˌbīd\

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