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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A substance, apparently the same as indigo, occasionally found in the urine in degeneration of the kidneys. It is readily formed by oxidation or decomposition of indican. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

From uro-, Latin glaucus (“bright”), + -in.

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