Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protoporphyrinogen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-por-phyrino-gen
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several precursors in the biosynthesis of protoporphyrin

Etymology

Etymology tree English protoporphyrin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- French -gènebor. English -gen English protoporphyrinogen From protoporphyrin + -o- + -gen.

Inflected Forms

protoporphyrinogens (plural)

Phrases

protoporphyrinogen oxidase

Questions

What does protoporphyrinogen mean?: Any of several precursors in the biosynthesis of protoporphyrin
Where does protoporphyrinogen come from?: Etymology tree English protoporphyrin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- French -gènebor. English -gen English protoporphyrinogen From protoporphyrin + -o- + -gen.

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