Uroglaucin

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

  Uroglaucin \U`ro*glau"cin\, n. [1st uro- + L. glaucus bright.]
     (Physiol. Chem.)
     A body identical with indigo blue, occasionally found in the
     urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by
     oxidation or decomposition of indican.
     [1913 Webster]