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bili

/ˈbɪli/

bili is the clipping of bilirubin.

Meaning of bilirubin

Noun

bilirubin (countable and uncountable, plural bilirubins)

  1. A bile pigment that is a product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), and which is responsible for the yellowish color seen in bruises. Extremely high levels of bilirubin may cause jaundice.
    • The doctors said this was very common, just her new-born liver catching up with the rest of her — the build-up of bilirubin in her blood. The substance red blood cells produce when broken down.2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 339

Words formed from bili

Phrases with bili

Questions about bili

What is bili the clipping of?
Bili is the clipping of bilirubin.
How do you pronounce bili?
Bili is pronounced /ˈbɪli/.

Words near bili in the dictionary

  1. bilharziomas
  2. bilharziosis
  3. Bilhorod
  4. Bilhorod People's Republic
  5. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
  6. bili
  7. Bili ape
  8. Bili apes
  9. bili light
  10. bili-
  11. Biliaivka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bili (page history and authors); bilirubin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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