Corrin

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "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’)."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.

Example

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"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’)."

Etymology

Two main origins: * 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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