corrin

C3O1R1R1I1N1

noun

A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.

OriginIrish Mac Odhráin →
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Meanings

corrin1

nouncorrin (plural corrins)

plural corrins

  1. chemistryA molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.

    But the result showed unequivocally that the vitamin contained a ring system unlike any that had been seen before (it was later given the name ‘corrin’).

    1998, Georgina Ferry, Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life

Corrin2

proper nounCorrin (plural Corrins)

plural Corrins

  1. A surname from Manx and Irish.

Origin

  1. IrishMac Odhráin“son of Odhrán”
  2. EnglishCorrin

Two main origins: * Anglicized form of Mac Torin from Gaelic mac Thórfinnr (from Thórr the name of the Scandinavian thunder god, and the ethnic designation Finnr) * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Odhráin (“son of Odhrán”), a byname from a diminutive of odhar (“dun”). * A variant of Curran.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 咕啉
  • 咕啉 (gu¹ lam⁴)organic compound
Chinese Mandarin 咕啉
  • 咕啉 (gūlín)organic compound
French corrine
  • corrineorganic compound
Japanese コリン
  • コリン (korin)organic compound
Korean 코린
  • 코린 (korin)organic compound
Cite this entry
APA

corrin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrin

MLA

“corrin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corrin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrin.

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