HEMOCYANIN


Meaning of HEMOCYANIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhē-mō-ˈsī-ə-nən ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hem- + cyan- + -in (I)

Date: 1885

: a copper-containing respiratory pigment in the circulatory fluid of various arthropods and mollusks

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