Jaundice vs. Icterus

Jaundicenoun

(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.

Jaundicenoun

(figurative) A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.

Jaundiceverb

(transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

Jaundicenoun

A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the fæces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood.

Jaundiceverb

To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

Jaundicenoun

yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia

Jaundicenoun

a sharp and bitter manner

Jaundiceverb

distort adversely;

Jaundiceverb

affect with, or as if with, jaundice

Jaundice

Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and whites of the eyes due to high bilirubin levels. Jaundice in adults is typically a sign indicating the presence of underlying diseases involving abnormal heme metabolism, liver dysfunction, or biliary-tract obstruction.

Icterusnoun

(medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.

Icterusnoun

A yellowish appearance in plants.

Icterusnoun

The jaundice.

Icterusnoun

yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia

Icterusnoun

type genus of the Icteridae