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Where does “卟啉” come from?

卟啉 (Chinese) comes from English porphyrin, from German Porphyrin, from German Hämatoporphyrin — haematoporphyrin.

卟啉 (Chinese): porphyrin

Definitions

  1. porphyrin

Ancestry of “卟啉”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishporphyrinAny of a class of heterocyclic compounds...
2GermanPorphyrinporphyrin
3GermanHämatoporphyrinhaematoporphyrin
Every word from German Hämatoporphyrin →