biliverdin

== English == === Etymology === From international scientific vocabulary, from German Biliverdin. By surface analysis, bili- +‎ Italian verde +‎ -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., biliverdin, biliverdine, biliwerdyna). === Noun === biliverdin (countable and uncountable, plural biliverdins) (biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises. ==== Hypernyms ==== bile pigment ==== Coordinate terms ==== bilicyanin bilirubin ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === biliverdin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia