urinary pigments

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urinary pigments - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Urinary \U"ri*na*ry\, a. [L. urina urine: cf. F. urinaire.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to the urine; as, the urinary bladder;
        urinary excretions.
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     2. Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine.
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     Urinary calculus (Med.), a concretion composed of some one
        or more crystalline constituents of the urine, liable to
        be found in any portion of the urinary passages or in the
        pelvis of the kidney.
  
     Urinary pigments, (Physiol. Chem.), certain colored
        substances, urochrome, or urobilin, uroerythrin, etc.,
        present in the urine together with indican, a colorless
        substance which by oxidation is convertible into colored
        bodies.
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