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BILIRUBIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
bilirubin; haematoidin; hematoidin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bilirubin" is a kind of...):
animal pigment (pigment occurring in animals)
Context examples:
Increased levels of bilirubin in the blood during the neonatal period.
(Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, NCI Thesaurus)
Alpha-fetoprotein is found in monomeric as well as dimeric and trimeric forms, and binds copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin.
(Alpha-fetoprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
This allele, which encodes heme oxygenase 1 protein, plays a role in the conversion of heme to bilirubin and carbon monoxide.
(HMOX1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare autosomal recessive inherited syndrome characterized by abnormalities in the metabolism of bilirubin.
(Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
The bilirubin is bound to glucuronide to form conjugated bilirubin (direct bilirubin).
(Direct Bilirubin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the conjugated or water-soluble bilirubin in a biological specimen.
(Direct Bilirubin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
They are composed either of cholesterol or, less commonly, calcium salts and bilirubin.
(Common Bile Duct Stone, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the bilirubin crystals present in a biological specimen.
(Bilirubin Crystal Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Bilirubin is part of the bile, which is made in the liver and is stored in the gallbladder.
(Bilirubin, NCI Dictionary)
The determination of the amount of bilirubin crystals present in a sample.
(Bilirubin Crystal Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
