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n. - Any of various pigments distributed widely in living tissues.

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  • I realize this is not as useful to people who don't have a porphyrin.
  • At porphyrin and moiread's request, I have posted my lamb stew recipe.
  • But we can get all the Otto's things at the Ukrainian deli up by porphyrin.
  • But! porphyrin and Mike and the kids tucked a couple of tiny graph-ruled notebooks into my birthday present.
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