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urofuscin

urofuscin noun: a red-brown pigment sometimes found in urine samples, especially in cases of porphyrinuria.

Noun

urofuscin (uncountable)

  1. A red-brown pigment sometimes found in urine samples, especially in cases of porphyrinuria.

Origin of urofuscin

From ur(ine) + -o- + fusc(us) + -in.

Questions about urofuscin

What does urofuscin mean?
Urofuscin means a red-brown pigment sometimes found in urine samples, especially in cases of porphyrinuria.
What part of speech is urofuscin?
Urofuscin is a noun.

Words near urofuscin in the dictionary

  1. uroflowmeters
  2. uroflowmetric
  3. uroflowmetry
  4. uroflows
  5. urofollitropin
  6. urofuscin
  7. urofuscohaematin
  8. urofuscohematin
  9. urogastric
  10. urogastrone
  11. urogenic

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