Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ferriprotoporphyrin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fer-ripro-to-por-phyrin
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reddish-brown crystalline material, haematin hydrochloride, obtained by treatment of dried blood with salt and acetic acid, that was once used to detect traces of blood.

Inflected Forms

ferriprotoporphyrins (plural)

Derived Forms

ferriprotoporphyrinic

Questions

What does ferriprotoporphyrin mean?: A reddish-brown crystalline material, haematin hydrochloride, obtained by treatment of dried blood with salt and acetic acid, that was once used to detect traces of blood.

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