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Webster 1913 Edition


Jaundice

Jaun′dice

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[OE.
jaunis
, F.
jaunisse
, fr.
jaune
yellow, orig.
jalne
, fr. L.
galbinus
yellowish, fr.
galbus
yellow.]
(Med.)
A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, 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.
Blue jaundice
.

Jaun′dice

,
Verb.
T.
To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
The envy of wealth
jaundiced
his soul.
Ld. Lytton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jaundice

JAUNDICE

,
Noun.
j`andis. A disease which is characterized by a suffusion of bile over the coats of the eye and the whole surface of the body, by which they are tinged with a yellow color. Hence its name.

Definition 2024


jaundice

jaundice

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Noun

jaundice (countable and uncountable, plural jaundices)

  1. (pathology) 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.

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jaundice (third-person singular simple present jaundices, present participle jaundicing, simple past and past participle jaundiced)

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

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