hemoprotein

Questions about hemoprotein

What does hemoprotein mean?

hemoprotein means "a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin".

How many syllables are in hemoprotein?

hemoprotein has 4 syllables and divides as he-mo-pro-tein under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hemoprotein?

Close synonyms include haemoprotein. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hemoprotein a common word?

hemoprotein is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.