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icterus

[ ik-ter-uhs ]

noun

, Pathology.


icterus

/ ɪkˈtɛrɪk; ˈɪktərəs /

noun

  1. pathol another name for jaundice
  2. a yellowing of plant leaves, caused by excessive cold or moisture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Her faither's ga' blether's fu' o' ga' stanes, or as my faither ca'es them, ga' nuts—a decided icterus or jaundice.

OBrien saw only four cases with exquisite icterus in fifteen hundred cases of relapsing fever.

Acute yellow atrophy of the liver in pregnancy was formerly called Icterus Gravis.

The word "jaundice" comes from the French "jaune," yellow, and "icterus," a Greek word for golden thrush.

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