Associations to the word «Cytochrome»

Wiktionary

CYTOCHROME, noun. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.

Dictionary definition

CYTOCHROME, noun. (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats