n.
Either of two porphyrin compounds found normally in feces as a decomposition product of bilirubin.
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coproporphyrin
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary:
cop·ro·por·phy·rin |
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
coproporphyrin |
A porphyrin formed in the blood-forming organs and intestine and found in the urine and feces. There are two chemically distinct substances, coproporphyrins I and III.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
coproporphyrin |
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Any of the nitrogenous organic substances normally excreted in the feces as a breakdown of bilirubin.
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 | coproporphyrinuria |
| coproporphyria |
| coproporphyrinogen |
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 | American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Read more |
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| Saunders Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved. Read more |
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