Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance described as existing in very small quantities in gallstones.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) A brownish green pigment found in human gallstones and in old bile. It is a derivative of bilirubin.
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- noun biochemistry A brownish-green
pigment , derived frombilirubin , found inhuman gallstones and in oldbile .
Etymologies
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Latin bilis bile + fuscus dark + -in.
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