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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The yellow pigment that determines the color of urine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellow pigment of the urine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with
urobilin .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A
pigment that causes the yellow color inurine . It is a breakdown product of theblood 'shaemoglobin and is removed by thekidneys .
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The yellow pigment of milk whey; its probable identity with urochrome, the specific yellow pigment of normal urine.
The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy
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If you are well hydrated, normal urine is clear and pale yellow, a color imparted by the pigment urochrome.
NYT > Home Page By JANE E. BRODY 2012
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