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JAUNDICE

Definition:

1. [noun] 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
   Synonyms: icterus
   
   
2. [noun] a sharp and bitter manner
   Synonyms: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity
   
   
3. [verb] distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
   
   
4. [verb] affect with, or as if with, jaundice
   
   

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Related Words:

• jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn, icterus neonatorum
• kernicterus

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