Etymology

bilicyanin

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Today it means: A blue (or bluish) bile pigment found in gallstones and formed by oxidation of biliverdin or bilirubin. Full definition →

German Bilicyanin
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  1. German · borrowed fromBilicyanin
  2. English todaybilicyanin

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Bilicyanin. By surface analysis, bili- + cyan- + -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., bilicyanin, bilicyanine).

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