Thesaurus: jaundice

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1. n. 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. v. t. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
3. n. 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
4. n. a rough and bitter manner
5. v. distort adversely
6. v. affect with, or as if with, jaundice
7. 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. Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. Ld. Lytton.
8. A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes,skin, and urine, whiteness of the fæces, constipation, uneasiness inthe region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor andlassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliarypassages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, whichis then absorbed into the blood. Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy.
9. n:100 n. 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 v. distort adversely v. affect with, or as if with, jaundice