urofuscohematin

ur·o·fus·co·hem·a·tin

(yūr'o-fŭs'kō-hē'mă-tin), A brownish red pigment found in the urine in certain diseases such as leprosy.

urofuscohematin

A red-brown pigment first identified in a patient with leprosy, the nature of which is uncertain; it is not used in the working medical parlance, because the composition of this substance or substances has not be characterised by modern biochemists.

urofuscohematin

(ū″rō-fŭs″kō-hĕm′ăt-ĭn) [″ + ″ + Gr. haima, blood] A reddish-brown pigment in urine in some diseases.