Definition of Haematoidin

1. Noun. An orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce the yellow appearance observed in jaundice.

Exact synonyms: Bilirubin, Hematoidin
Generic synonyms: Animal Pigment

Definition of Haematoidin

1. Noun. (alternative form of hematoidin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Haematoidin

1. A substance which appears to be identical to the red-orange bile pigment bilirubin, but which is produced from haemoglobin in tissues rather than within the liver and usually when oxygen tension is low. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haematoidin

haematogenetic
haematogenetic calculus
haematogenic
haematogenous
haematogenous abscess
haematogenous embolism
haematogenous jaundice
haematogenous metastasis
haematogenous osteitis
haematogenous pigment
haematogenous theory of endometriosis
haematoglobulin
haematohistioblast
haematohiston
haematoid
haematoidin (current term)
haematoidin crystals
haematoin
haematolin
haematologic agents
haematologic neoplasms
haematologic tests
haematological
haematologist
haematologists
haematology
haematolymphangioma
haematolysis
haematolytic
haematoma

Literary usage of Haematoidin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"According to Nencki and Zaleski 7 haematoidin is identical with mesoporphyrin, as both exhibit the same colour changes. ..."

2. An Introduction to Pathology and Morbid Anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1884)
"haematoidin appears to be closely allied to the colouring matter of the bile, ... The grannies of haematoidin vary in size from the smallest particles to ..."

3. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1909)
"The crystalline form of bilirubin is practically the same as that of haematoidin. It is easily soluble in chloroform, somewhat less ..."

4. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"haematoidin.—This pigment, which was first observed by Yir- chow in old extravasations of blood, in which it may occur in crystalline form, is now known to ..."

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