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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[1st

uro-

+ Gr. [GREEK] color.]

(Physiol. Chem.)

A yellow urinary pigment, considered by Thudichum as the only pigment present in normal urine. It is regarded by Maly as identical with urobilin.

urochrome ‎(countable and uncountable, plural urochromes)

(biochemistry) A pigment that causes the yellow color in urine. It is a breakdown product of the blood's haemoglobin and is removed by the kidneys.

pigment