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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The yellow pigment responsible for the color of urine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A yellow pigment of the urine.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with
urobilin .
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“The yellow pigment of milk whey; its probable identity with urochrome, the specific yellow pigment of normal urine.”
“If you are well hydrated, normal urine is clear and pale yellow, a color imparted by the pigment urochrome.”
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