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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A coloring matter found usually in small quantities in normal urine, but often present in large amount in this fluid in cases of fever. It is derived from the bile-pigments.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See urochrome.

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  • noun biochemistry A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine

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