Urochrome


noun, Biochemistry.
1.
a yellow-colored pigment that gives the color to urine.
noun
1.
the yellowish pigment that colours urine

urochrome u·ro·chrome (yur’ə-krōm’)
n.
A compound of urobilin and a peptide that is the principal pigment of urine.

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