Cytochrome

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of a class of iron-containing proteins important in cell respiration as catalysts of oxidation-reduction reactions.
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  • n. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.
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  • In neural., a name given by Nissl to the so-called ‘granules,’ or nerve-cells with scanty cytoplasm incompletely surrounding a small nucleus which does not exceed in size the nucleus of an ordinary leucocyte or neuroglia cell: opposed to *caryochrome cell which has a larger nucleus.
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  • n. (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hemoprotein    haemoprotein   
    Hyponym
    cytochrome c   
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