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Uroerythrin

Uˊro-e-ryth′rin

,
Noun.
[See 1st
Uro-
, and
Erythrin
.]
(Physiol. Chem.)
A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.

Definition 2024


uroerythrin

uroerythrin

English

Noun

uroerythrin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A red pigment (chromophore) associated with the brickdust deposit