Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Yellowish discoloration of the whites of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile salts in these tissues. It occurs as a symptom of various diseases, such as hepatitis, that affect the processing of bile.
- noun A state or feeling of negativity or bitterness arising especially from envy or world-weariness.
- transitive verb To affect with the discoloration of jaundice.
- transitive verb To affect with the negativity or bitterness of jaundice. synonym: bias.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To affect with jaundice.
- Hence To affect with prejudice or envy.
- noun Same as
grasserie . - noun In pathology, a morbid state characterized by the presence of bile-pigments in the blood, which gives rise to a yellow staining of the skin and the whites of the eyes and to a dark coloring of the urine.
- noun Hence A state of feeling or emotion that colors the view or disorders the judgment, as jealousy, envy, and the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
- noun (Med.) 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.
- noun See
Cyanopathy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the
eyes ,skin , andurine , whiteness of the feces,constipation ,queasiness , loss ofappetite , and generallanguor andlassitude . It is caused usually byobstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into theblood . Other causes include increasedhemolysis and anyliver disease . The discoloration is caused by accumulation ofbilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted inbile to givefeces their normal yellow-brown coloration. - verb transitive To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to
prejudice .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
- verb distort adversely
- verb affect with, or as if with, jaundice
- 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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He then became interested in jaundice, which is always associated with chloroform poisoning and injury to the liver.
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His doctor noticed immediately that Tom did look ill: his skin and the whites of his eyes had a yellowish hue this is called jaundice, and he had a swollen, distended abdomen.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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During pregnancy increased amounts of sex hormones are given off, while in jaundice the bile acids are retained in the body.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 - Presentation Speech 1964
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This coloring, called jaundice, is related to bilirubin levels in her blood.
The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010
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He's got jaundice, which is common and not serious.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: LESBIANS HAVING BABIES Maggie Jochild 2007
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DANIEL SPITZ, FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST: Well, oftentimes, a yellow tint to the eyes indicates jaundice, which is generally associated with some kind of liver condition, maybe cirrhosis of the liver, maybe hepatitis.
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‘Well, to give you the proper textbook definition: jaundice occurs when there is a breakdown of red blood cells and you get a build-up of a yellow pigment called bilirubin.’
A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003
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‘Well, to give you the proper textbook definition: jaundice occurs when there is a breakdown of red blood cells and you get a build-up of a yellow pigment called bilirubin.’
A Special Relationship Douglas Kennedy 2003
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Poor Ernest has been suffering since Wednesday last with the jaundice, which is very distressing and troublesome, though not alarming ....
The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860
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Liver damage can cause jaundice, which is when the skin turns yellow.
Prolagus commented on the word jaundice
See also Jaundice people.
September 2, 2008
bokie commented on the word jaundice
"But the weary process of reform at the UN has left many jaundiced" -- I find it interesting jaundice is used in this sense
February 9, 2009