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Word: Ferredoxin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1960s. From fer- (in classical Latin ferrum iron: see ferro-) + redox + -in
Definition:
Any of certain proteins which contain small clusters of iron and sulphur atoms and take part in electron-transfer processes in cells.
Variant Forms:
- ferredoxine
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