Bilirubin

See also: bilirubin

German

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin bīlis (“bile”) + ruber or rubeus (“red”) + -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., bilirubin, bilirubine, bilirubina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biliʁuˈbiːn/

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• Hyphenation: Bi‧li‧ru‧bin

Noun

Bilirubin n (strong, genitive Bilirubins, no plural)

1. (biochemistry) bilirubin

Declension

Declension of Bilirubin [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bilirubin
genitive	eines	des	Bilirubins
dative	einem	dem	Bilirubin
accusative	ein	das	Bilirubin

Hypernyms

• Gallenfarbstoff

Coordinate terms

• Bilicyanin
• Biliverdin