Hematoidin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hematoidin \Hem`a*toid"in\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
     A crystalline or amorphous pigment, free from iron, formed
     from hematin in old blood stains, and in old hemorrhages in
     the body. It resembles bilirubin. When present in the corpora
     lutea it is called {h[ae]molutein}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hematoidin
       n : 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 [syn: {bilirubin},
            {haematoidin}]