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An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin
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bilirubin
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Word definitions for bilirubin in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bilirubin \Bil`i*ru"bin\, n. [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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"reddish pigment found in bile," 1871, from German bilirubin (1864), from bili- (see bile ) + Latin ruber "red" (see red (1)) + -ine (2).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biochemistry English) 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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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: hematoidin , haematoidin ]
Usage examples of bilirubin.
Measurements of blood sugar, serum amylase, serum acetone, bilirubin, and blood urea nitrogen were normal.
At eleven, he was seen by the surgeons who agreed that gall-bladder infection was possible, even though bilirubin and amylase tests were normal.
She went into more details, knowing Monk shared a background in medicine: low platelet counts, rising bilirubin levels, edema, muscle tenderness with bouts of rigidity around the neck and shoulders, bone infarctions, hepatosplenomegaly, audible murmurs in the heartbeat, and strange calcification of distal extremities and vitreous humor of the eyes.
He smelled of bilirubin and yellow sweat and wore week-old eyeliner that simply did not fly if one needed a shave.
The amount of hydrochloric acid and bilirubin and glucose and glycogen and gloconol produced and absorbed and produced in my body.
O'Connor, and the dates those tests were first described in clinically practical terms: X ray: chest and abdomen (1905-15) White cell count (about 1895) Serum acetone (1928) Amylase (1948) Calcium (1931) Phosphorus (1925) SCOT (1955) LDH (1956) CPK (1961) John O'Connor 45 Aldolase (1949) Lipase (1934) CSF protein (1931) CSF sugar (1932) Blood sugar (1932) Bilirubin (1937) Serum albumin/globulin (1923-38) Electrolytes (1941-6) Electrocardiogram (about 1915) Prothrombin time (1940) Blood pH (1924-57) Blood gases (1957) Protein-bound iodine (1948) Alkaline phosphatase (1933) Watson-Schwartz (1941) Creatinine (1933) Uric acid (1933) If one were to graph these tests, and others commonly used, against the total time course of medical history, one would see a flat line for more than two thousand years, followed by a slight rise beginning about 1850, and then an ever-sharper rise to the present time.
The second problem echoed the bilirubin issue: the uroporphyrin enzyme deficiency prevented the breakdown of heme's toxic protein precursorsporphyrins.