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HAEMATOIDIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does haematoidin mean?
• HAEMATOIDIN (noun)
The noun HAEMATOIDIN 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: HAEMATOIDIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("haematoidin" is a kind of...):
animal pigment (pigment occurring in animals)
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