stercobilin
Meanings
noun
- A tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin stercus (“dung, excrement”) + Latin bīlis (“bile”).
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