cryptopyrrole

noun

cryp·​to·​pyrrole

¦kriptō+

plural -s

: a liquid homologue C₈H₁₃N of pyrrole formed during reduction of hemin or phylloporphyrin with hydriodic acid; 2, 4-dimethyl-3-ethyl-pyrrole

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary crypt- + pyrrole

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