biliverdin

Noun

A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.

Origin / Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from German Biliverdin. By surface analysis, bili- + Italian verde + -in. The German word was naturalized into other languages as international scientific vocabulary (e.g., biliverdin, biliverdine, biliwerdyna).

Scrabble Score: 16

biliverdin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
biliverdin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
biliverdin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

biliverdin: valid Words With Friends Word