biliverdin

See also: Biliverdin

English

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Biliverdin; surface analysis, bili- +‎ verd- +‎ -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., biliverdin, biliverdine, biliwerdyna).

Noun

biliverdin (countable and uncountable, plural biliverdins)

(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.

Hypernyms

bile pigment

Coordinate terms

bilicyanin
bilirubin

Translations

a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment

Finnish: biliverdiini
French: biliverdine (fr) f
German: Biliverdin (de) n
Irish: biliveirdin f
Italian: biliverdina (it) f
Polish: biliwerdyna f
Spanish: biliverdina f
Swedish: biliverdin (sv) n