Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bilirubin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bilirubin \Bil`i*ru"bin\, n. [L. bilis biel + ruber red.]
(Physiol.)
A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that
from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary
pigment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bilirubin
n : an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product
of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the
yellow appearance observed in jaundice [syn: {hematoidin},
{haematoidin}]
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