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English
Etymology
From tetra- + pyrrole.
Noun
tetrapyrrole (plural tetrapyrroles)
- (biochemistry) any of several natural pigments having a structure of four pyrrole rings connected by a one-carbon unit
Translations
any of several natural pigments with four pyrrole rings
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