/bil"euh rooh'bin, bil'euh rooh"bin/ , n. Biochem.
a reddish bile pigment, C 33 H 36 O 6 N 4 , resulting from the degradation of heme by reticuloendothelial cells in the liver: a high level in the blood produces the yellow skin symptomatic of jaundice.
[ Bilirubin (1864), equiv. to L bili ( s ) BILE + rub ( er ) red + G -in -IN 2 ]