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BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriochlorophyll mean?
• BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL (noun)
The noun BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL has 1 sense:
1. a substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants
Familiarity information: BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance in photosensitive bacteria that is related to but different from chlorophyll of higher plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("bacteriochlorophyll" is a kind of...):
pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))
Context examples
A novel palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative and photosensitizer with potential antitumor activity.
(Palladium-Bacteriopheophorbide, NCI Thesaurus)
A vascular-acting photosensitizer consisting of a water-soluble, palladium-substituted bacteriochlorophyll derivative with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Padeliporfin, NCI Thesaurus)
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