Jaundice vs. Sallow

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.

Sallowadjective

(of skin) Yellowish.

Sallowadjective

Of a sickly pale colour.

Sallowadjective

(Ireland) Of a tan colour, associated with people from southern Europe or East Asia.

Sallowadjective

(of a person) Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.

Sallowadjective

(of objects or dim light) Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.

Sallowadjective

Dirty; murky. en

Sallowverb

(intransitive) To become sallow.

Sallowverb

(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become sallow.

Sallownoun

A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

Sallownoun

A willow twig or branch.

Sallownoun

The willow; willow twigs.

Sallownoun

A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.

Sallowadjective

Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

Sallowverb

To tinge with sallowness.

Sallownoun

any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal

Sallowverb

cause to become sallow;

Sallowadjective

unhealthy looking