icterus
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1 icterus
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.
synoniem: jaundice.
Roget 436: yellow etc. adj.; or. [Pigments] gamboge; cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow; orpiment†, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin†; ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: icterus, geelzucht
Pools: żółtaczka
2 Icterus
Type genus of the Icteridae.
synoniem: genus Icterus.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, cholangitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis ... meer laten zien.
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