stercobilin

English

Etymology

Latin stercus (“dung, excrement”) + Latin bīlis (“bile”)

Noun

stercobilin (uncountable)

(biochemistry) A tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces

Translations

Translations

Italian: stercobilina (it)

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