"bilin" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbaɪlɪn/ Forms: bilins [plural]
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, and clearly reflecting New Latin, from Latin bīlis (“bile”). By surface analysis, bili- + -in, although according to American Heritage Dictionary, bilin was back-formed from phycobilin (as opposed to phycobilin being derived from bilin as surface analysis suggests). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|bīlis||bile}} Latin bīlis (“bile”), {{surf|en|bili-|-in}} By surface analysis, bili- + -in Head templates: {{en-noun}} bilin (plural bilins)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of various biological pigments formed in many organisms as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins. Wikipedia link: international scientific vocabulary Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: bilane Hyponyms: bile pigment, bilichrome, phycobilin Derived forms: phycocyanobilin, phycoerythrobilin Translations (pigment formed as a metabolic product of certain porphyrins): biline [feminine] (French), bilina [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-bilin-en-noun-e2G7ytPv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bili-, English terms suffixed with -in, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 27 2 1 18 4 4 18 1 1 6 2 2 13 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 1 1 16 6 6 16 1 0 7 1 2 17 0 1 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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