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BILIRUBIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does bilirubin mean?

• BILIRUBIN (noun)
The noun BILIRUBIN has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: BILIRUBIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BILIRUBIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bilirubin; haematoidin; hematoidin

Hypernyms ("bilirubin" is a kind of...):

animal pigment (pigment occurring in animals)

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