Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hematoidin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hematoidin \Hem`a*toid"in\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed
from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in
the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora
lutea it is called {h[ae]molutein}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hematoidin
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: {bilirubin},
{haematoidin}]
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