stercobilin

English

noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

Derived from Latin stercus (dung, manure, shit, excrement, excrements), bīlis (bile, gall).

Origin

Latin

bīlis

Gloss

bile, gall

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bile English
bili- English
stercolith English
stercoroma English
stercovorous English
biliaris Latin
bīlis Latin
sterceia Latin
stercoralis Latin
stercoranista Latin
stercorarius Latin
sterculinum Latin
stercus Latin
sterquilinium Latin
Bilirubin German
Biliverdin German
bile Italian
sterco Italian
stercoraceo Italian
verde Italian
bilis Spanish, Castilian
-ωμα Ancient Greek
*(s)terǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*(s)terḱ-, *(s)terḱ-o- Proto-Indo-European
bili- Irish
sterko Esperanto
bilis Catalan, Valencian
șterc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
esterco Old Portuguese