BILIVERDIN


Meaning of BILIVERDIN in English

/bil'euh verr"din/ , n. Biochem.

a dark-green bile pigment, C 33 H 34 O 6 N 4 , formed as a breakdown product of hemoglobin and converted in humans to bilirubin.

[ Biliverdin (1840) bili ( s ) BILE + verd- green (as in F verdir to make green; see VERDURE) + -in -IN 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .