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Defenition of the word jaundice

    • Defenition of the word jaundice

      • A clinical manifestation of hyperbilirubinemia, consisting of deposition of bile pigments in the skin, resulting in a yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes.
      • a sharp and bitter manner
      • affect with, or as if with, jaundice
      • distort adversely: "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
      • 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
      • distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
      • a rough and bitter manner
      • distort adversely

    Synonyms for the word jaundice

      • acerbity
      • acrimony
      • bitterness
      • icterus

    Meronymys for the word jaundice

      • hyperbilirubinemia

    Hyponyms for the word jaundice

      • icterus neonatorum
      • jaundice of the newborn
      • kernicterus
      • physiological jaundice of the newborn

    Hypernyms for the word jaundice

      • affect
      • deform
      • disagreeableness
      • distort
      • patology
      • strain
      • symptom

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