urobilin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun brown bile pigment formed from urobilinogens and found in feces and in small amounts in urine

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U`ro*bi"lin noun
Etymology
1st uro- + bile + -in.
Definitions
  1. (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.

Webster 1913