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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

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

Related phrases

end product

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