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icterus
[ ik-ter-uhs ]
icterus
/ ɪkˈtɛrɪk; ˈɪktərəs /
noun
- pathol another name for jaundice
- a yellowing of plant leaves, caused by excessive cold or moisture
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Derived Forms
- icteric, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of icterus1
1700–10; < Latin < Greek íkteros jaundice, a yellow bird said to cure jaundice when seen
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Word History and Origins
Origin of icterus1
C18: from Latin: yellow bird, the sight of which reputedly cured jaundice, from Greek ikteros
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Example Sentences
Coagulation is notably delayed in hemophilia and icterus and after administration of citric acid.
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Her faither's ga' blether's fu' o' ga' stanes, or as my faither ca'es them, ga' nuts—a decided icterus or jaundice.
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OBrien saw only four cases with exquisite icterus in fifteen hundred cases of relapsing fever.
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Acute yellow atrophy of the liver in pregnancy was formerly called Icterus Gravis.
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The word "jaundice" comes from the French "jaune," yellow, and "icterus," a Greek word for golden thrush.
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