See Also: flavo-(dictionary)

flavo- (iou)



flavo- combining form of Latin flavus yellow: see -O-. Used esp. in Chemistry, sometimes with the sense 'containing flavin'.
flavo'protein noun (Biochemistry) any of a group of conjugated proteins having flavin mononucleotide or flavin adenine dinucleotide as cofactor, involved in oxidation-reduction reactions in the cell M20.