English Explanatory Dictionary

biliverdin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.

Word forms

biliverdin biliverdins

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Biliverdin. By surface analysis, bili- + Italian verde + -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., biliverdin, biliverdine, biliwerdyna).

Derived words

biliverdinemia
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