English Explanatory Dictionary

urochrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys.

Word forms

urochrome urochromes

Etymology

From uro- + -chrome.

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