stercobilin

English

Etymology

From Latin stercus (“dung, excrement”) + Latin bīlis (“bile”).

Noun

stercobilin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, one of the end products of heme catabolism, responsible for the brown colour of human faeces

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