Medical Dictionary
porphin
noun por·phin \ˈpȯr-fən\
Medical Definition of PORPHIN
: a deep purple crystalline compound C20H14N4 that is made synthetically from pyrrole and formaldehyde, contains four pyrrole rings joined by =CH− groups so as to give a heterocyclic arrangement, and forms the essential skeletal structure of the porphyrins, heme, and chlorophyll
Variants of PORPHIN
por·phin also por·phine \-ˌfēn\
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