hemocyanin

English

Alternative forms

haemocyanin

Noun

hemocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural hemocyanins)

(biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods

Derived terms

keyhole limpet hemocyanin

Translations

pigment

French: hémocyanine (fr) f
German: Hämocyanin n
Greek: αιμοκυανίνη (el) f (aimokyaníni)
Italian: emocianine f
Spanish: hemocianina f
Swedish: hemocyanin (sv) n

Further reading

“hemocyanin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
hemocyanin, haemocyanin at Google Ngram Viewer

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