Etymology

bacteriopheophytin

Today it means: Any pheophytin of bacterial origin Full definition →

English pheophytin ← New Latin bactērium ← Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)
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  1. Ancient Greekβακτήριον (baktḗrion)
  2. New Latinbactērium
  3. Englishbacterio-
  4. Englishpheophytin
  5. English todaybacteriopheophytin

From bacterio- + pheophytin.

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