Useful english dictionary. 2012.
por´phy|rit´i|cal|ly — por|phy|rit|ic «PR fuh RIHT ihk», adjective. 1. of, having to do with, containing, or resembling porphyry. 2. of the nature or structure characteristic of porphyry; containing distinct crystals embedded in a compact groundmass.… … Useful english dictionary
por|phy|rit|ic — «PR fuh RIHT ihk», adjective. 1. of, having to do with, containing, or resembling porphyry. 2. of the nature or structure characteristic of porphyry; containing distinct crystals embedded in a compact groundmass. –por´phy|rit´i|cal|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
por|phy|rin — «PR fuhr ihn», noun. Biochemistry. any one of a group of derivatives of pyrrole, especially an iron free decomposition product of hematin or a magnesium free decomposition product of chlorophyll. Porphyrins occur as basic substances especially in … Useful english dictionary
por|phy|rite — «PR fuh ryt», noun. a kind of porphyry containing triclinic feldspar and no quartz. ╂[< Latin porphyrītēs < Greek porphyrítēs like purple < porphýros purple] … Useful english dictionary
por|phy|roid — «PR fuh royd», noun. a rock resembling porphyry or of porphyritic structure, especially a sedimentary or igneous rock that has been altered by some metamorphic agency and has taken on a more or less perfectly developed porphyritic structure … Useful english dictionary
por|phy|rop|sin — «PR fuh ROP sihn», noun. a purple carotenoid pigment found in the rods of the retinas of freshwater fishes and certain frogs, analogous to rhodopsin. ╂[< Greek porphýrā purple + ópsis sight + English in] … Useful english dictionary
hem|a|to|por|phy|rin — «HEHM uh toh PR fuhr ihn, HEE muh », noun. a dark red crystalline substance obtained from hemin, formerly used in the treatment of psychoses and now used to detect cancerous tissue. Formula: C34H38N4O6 … Useful english dictionary
pro|to|por|phy|rin — «PROH tuh PR fuhr ihn», noun. a porphyrin or pigment occurring in cells and produced synthetically that is a basic part of hemoglobin in red blood and chlorophyll in green plants. Formula: C34H34N4O4 … Useful english dictionary
phy — phy·tase; phy·tate; phy·tel·e·phas; Phy·tin; phy·tiv·o·rous; phy·to·bacteriology; phy·to·bezoar; phy·to·biology; phy·to·cecidium; phy·to·chlore; phy·to·ci·dal; phy·to·cide; phy·to·climatology; phy·to·coe·no·sis; phy·to·concretion;… … English syllables
por — ag·a·por·nis; ap·por·tion; ap·por·tion·ment; as·por·ta·tion; cel·le·por·i·dae; col·por·tage; col·por·teur; cor·por·i·fy; cryp·to·por·ti·cus; de·por·ta·tion; di·a·por·tha·ce·ae; di·a·por·the; dis·pro·por·tion·a·tion; ex·por·ta·tion;… … English syllables
