|flā(ˌ)vō, |fla(-+ noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary flav- + protein
: any of a class of dehydrogenases that contain a flavin and in some cases also a metal, that occur in animal and plant cells, and that play a major role in biological oxidations by oxidizing metabolites directly or through the agency of pyridine nucleotides and by being in turn oxidized usually by cytochromes — called also flavin enzyme ; compare yellow enzyme