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bil⋅i⋅ver⋅din

  [bil-uh-vur-din]
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–noun Biochemistry.
a dark-green bile pigment, C33H34O6N4, formed as a breakdown product of hemoglobin and converted in humans to bilirubin.
Origin:
< G Biliverdin (1840) < L bīli(s) bile + verd- green (as in F verdir to make green; see verdure ) + -in -in 2
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bil·i·ver·din   (bĭl'ĭ-vûr'dĭn, bĭl'ĭ-vûr'-)   
n.  A green pigment, C33H34N4O6, occurring in bile and sometimes formed by oxidation of bilirubin.

[German : Latin bīlis, bile + French verdir, to make green; see verdant.]
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Main Entry: bil·i·ver·din
Pronunciation: "bil-i-'v&rd-&n, 'bil-i-"
Function: noun
: a green pigmentC33H34N4O6 that occurs in bile and is an intermediate in the degradation of hemoglobin heme groups to bilirubin
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biliverdin bil·i·ver·din (bĭl'ĭ-vûr'dn, bĭl'ĭ-vûr'-)
n.
A green pigment occurring in bile.

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