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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice;
[syn: bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bilirubin \Bil`i*ru"bin\, n. [L. bilis biel + ruber red.]
   (Physiol.)
   A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that
   from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary
   pigment.
   [1913 Webster]