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A chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin
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stercobilinogen
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Stercobilinogen (fecal urobilinogen) is a chemical created by bacteria in the gut . It is made of broken-down hemoglobin . It is further processed to become the chemical that gives feces its brown color. Bilirubin is a pigment that results from the breakdown ...
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n. a chromogen formed in the intestine from the breakdown of bilirubin; yields urobilins on oxidation; some is excreted in the feces and some is resorbed and excreted in bile or urine [syn: urobilinogen ]