Excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice

• An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context obsolete English) bilirubin

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: bilirubin , haematoidin ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hematoidin \Hem`a*toid"in\, n. (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora lutea it is called h[ae]molutein ...