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Bilirubin

Bilˊi-ru′bin

,
Noun.
[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.

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bilirubin

bilirubin

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Noun

bilirubin (countable and uncountable, plural bilirubins)

  1. (biochemistry) A bile pigment that is product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), extremely high levels of which cause jaundice.

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