jaundice
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
jaundice
- (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. [from early 14th c.]
- Synonyms: icterus
- 2004, Gabrielle Hatfield, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions, ABC-CLIO (ISBN 9781576078747), page 215:
- In British folk medicine there are some unusual remedies for jaundice. A bizarre superstition from Staffordshire is that if a bladder is filled with the patient's urine and placed near the fire, as it dries out, the patient will recover (Black 1883: 56).
- 2016, Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson, Knowing More About Jaundice - Prevention and Natural Cure Remedies of Jaundice, Mendon Cottage Books (ISBN 9781370727841), page 8:
- Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week?
- (figurative) A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy. [from 1620s]
- French: jaunisse
- German: Gelbsucht, Ikterus
- Italian: itterizia, ittero
- Portuguese: icterícia
- Russian: желту́ха
- Spanish: ictericia
jaundice (jaundices, present participle jaundicing; past and past participle jaundiced)
- (transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [from 1791]
- quote en
- French: en faire une jaunisse
- German: sich verfärben, rot anlaufen
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