icterus

[ ik-ter-uhs ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. jaundice ( def 1 ).

icterus

/ ɪkˈtɛrɪk; ˈɪktərəs /

noun

1. pathol another name for jaundice
2. a yellowing of plant leaves, caused by excessive cold or moisture

Derived Forms

• icteric, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of icterus¹

1700–10; < Latin < Greek íkteros jaundice, a yellow bird said to cure jaundice when seen

Word History and Origins

Origin of icterus¹

C18: from Latin: yellow bird, the sight of which reputedly cured jaundice, from Greek ikteros

Example Sentences

Other species of icterus also frequent the vast cattle-herds of the South American plains.

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The inirritability of the gall-bladder probably occasions one kind of icterus, or jaundice; which is owing to whatever obstructs the passage of bile into the duodenum.

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Some use them internally in doses of 4 grams to cure icterus.

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Besides, she has other chapters on nervous affections, on icterus, on fevers, on intestinal worms, on infections due to swamp exhalations, on dysentery, and a number of forms of pulmonary diseases.

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The existence of accidental nigrities rests on well-established facts which are distinctly different from the pigmentation of purpura, icterus, or that produced by metallic salts.

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