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Definition: BILIN

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A name applied to the amorphous or crystalline mass obtained from bile by the action of alcohol and ether. It is composed of a mixture of the sodium salts of the bile acids.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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"Bilin" is a common misspelling or typo for: birlin.

Date "Bilin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references)

Etymology:Bilin \Bi"lin\, noun. [Compare to the French expression biline, from the Latin expression bilis bile.]. (references)


Extended Definition: BILIN

Bilin

Bilin may refer to:

  • Bilin is a town in Mon State in Myanmar.
  • Bilin (biochemistry), a type of biological pigment with a tetrapyrrole structure, for example found in bile
  • Bil'in, a Palestinian village in the West Bank
  • The Bilen people, an ethnic group who mostly live in Eritrea and speak the Blin language
  • The German name for the Czech town of Bílina


Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bilin". Image Credit.
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Bilin (biochemistry) 5     Bilin (biochemistry) 5

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