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Bilirubin vs Hematoidin - What's the difference?

bilirubin | hematoidin |

As nouns the difference between bilirubin and hematoidin

is that bilirubin is a bile pigment that is product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), extremely high levels of which cause jaundice while hematoidin is bilirubin.

bilirubin

English

(wikipedia bilirubin)

Noun

(-)
  • (biochemistry) A bile pigment that is product of the breakdown of the heme portion of hemoglobin (which occurs within macrophages as they digest red blood cells), extremely high levels of which cause jaundice.

    • Related terms

    * bilirubinometer * bilirubinometry * hyperbilirubinemia

    hematoidin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) bilirubin