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Jaundice Common

Jaundice has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2
3

A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.

Verb
1

distort adversely

"Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"

2

affect with, or as if with, jaundice

3

To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

See Also
liver skin anicteric bilirubin jaundicing hemolysis constipation icterus neonatorum
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
symptom disagreeableness deform affect
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
jaundice of the newborn kernicterus

Origin

The word comes from the Middle French term for "yellowness," which was formed by adding a suffix to the word for yellow. That root traces back through Old French and Latin to an original meaning of "yellowish."

Rhyming Words
ice pice sice vice hice mice lice fice rice nice tice bice dice deice juice twice frice price spice brice
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