b 3 i 1 l 1 i 1 r 1 u 1 b 3 i 1 n 1
9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice
originFrom international scientific vocabulary, from German Bilirubin. By surface analysis, bili- + rub- + -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., bilirubin, bilirubine, bilirubina).
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