BILIRUBIN

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 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

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)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the unconjugated or non-water-soluble bilirubin in a biological specimen.

(Indirect Bilirubin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Bilirubin is a yellow chemical in hemoglobin, the substance that carries oxygen in your red blood cells.

(Jaundice, NIH)

Excess bilirubin is associated with jaundice.

(Hyperbilirubinemia, NCI Thesaurus)

Higher-than-normal amount of bilirubin in the blood.

(Hyperbilirubinemia, NCI Dictionary)

It results from brain damage by existing high levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin.

(Kernicterus, NCI Thesaurus)

Encephalopathy in infants due to high levels of unconjugated bilirubin that are a result of Rh incompatibility between the mother and the fetus.

(Kernicterus due to Isoimmunization, NCI Thesaurus)

Elevated bilirubin levels in the blood of a newborn infant.

(Physiologic Hyperbilirubinemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding indicating increased bilirubin levels in the blood and urine, due to intrahepatic or extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary system.

(Obstructive Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in both drug metabolism and bilirubin clearance.

(NR1I3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical symptoms include severe jaundice, bleeding, oliguria, loss of body weight and elevation of serum levels of bilirubin and hepatic enzymes.

(LEC, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)