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Where does “hematoporphyrin” come from?

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

hematoporphyrin (English): The porphyrin portion of heme

Definitions

  1. The porphyrin portion of heme

Ancestry of “hematoporphyrin”, step by step

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