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urobilin

urobilin noun: a yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria.

Noun

urobilin (countable and uncountable, plural urobilins)

  1. A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria.
    Synonyms:
    urochrome

Synonyms of urobilin

Forms of urobilin

pluralurobilins

Words formed from urobilin

Questions about urobilin

What does urobilin mean?
Urobilin means a yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria.
What part of speech is urobilin?
Urobilin is a noun.
What is the plural of urobilin?
The plural of urobilin is urobilins.

Words near urobilin in the dictionary

  1. uroammoniac
  2. urobacteria
  3. urobacterial
  4. urobacterium
  5. urobenzoic acid
  6. urobilin
  7. urobilinaemia
  8. urobilinemia
  9. urobilinogen
  10. urobilinogenuria
  11. urobilinoid

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