Definitions for jaundiceˈdʒɔn dɪs, ˈdʒɑn-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

jaun•diceˈdʒɔn dɪs, ˈdʒɑn-(n.; v.)-diced, -dic•ing.

  1. Category: Pathology

    Ref: Also called icterus.

  2. a state of feeling in which views are prejudiced or judgment is distorted, as by envy or resentment.

  3. (v.t.)to distort or prejudice, as by resentment or envy.

Origin of jaundice:

1275–1325; ME jaundis < OF jaunisse=jaune yellow (< L galbinus greenish yellow) +-isse -ice

Princeton's WordNet

  1. jaundice, icterus(noun)

    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

  2. bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness(verb)

    a rough and bitter manner

  3. jaundice(verb)

    distort adversely

    "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"

  4. jaundice(verb)

    affect with, or as if with, jaundice

Wiktionary

  1. jaundice(Noun)

    A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, 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. Other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease. The discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration.

  2. jaundice(Verb)

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

  3. Origin: From jaundis, jaunis, from jaunisse, from jaune + -isse. jaune, from jalne, from galbinus, from galbus.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jaundice(noun)

    a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, 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

  2. Jaundice(verb)

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

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Jaundice

    A clinical manifestation of HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, characterized by the yellowish staining of the SKIN; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; and SCLERA. Clinical jaundice usually is a sign of LIVER dysfunction.


Translations for jaundice

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

jaundice(noun)

a diseased state of the body in which the skin and whites of the eyes become yellow.

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