Home › Words › P › pyropheophorbidepyropheophorbidepyropheophorbide means any of a group of breakdown products of pheophorbides that retain a porphyrin ring system.EtymologyFrom pyro- + pheophorbide.nounAny of a group of breakdown products of pheophorbides that retain a porphyrin ring systemDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pheophorbide 81% match — Any of several breakdown products of pheophytin vs pyropheophorbide →pyropheophytin 74% match — Any of a group of substances, produced by heating chlorophyll, typically present in used olive oil vs pyropheophorbide →phaeochromycin 63% match — Any of a group of polyketides having a naphthalene group, based on 6-(4,5-dihydroxy-2-propylnaphthalen-1-yl)-4-hydroxypyran-2-one vs pyropheophorbide →porfimer 63% match — Any of several oligomeric porphyrins used in photodynamic therapy vs pyropheophorbide →arylporphyrin 62% match — Any aryl derivative of a porphyrin vs pyropheophorbide →pheophytinase 62% match — An enzyme that degrades chlorophyll to form pheophytin vs pyropheophorbide →porphomethene 62% match — A porphyrin that contains a free methylene radical vs pyropheophorbide →bacteriopheophytin 61% match — Any pheophytin of bacterial origin vs pyropheophorbide →