bǔ lín
porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword)
卟
bǔ
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]
啉
lín
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds such as porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and quinoline 喹啉[kui2 lin2]
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