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ICTERUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Icteridae

Synonyms:

genus Icterus; Icterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Icterus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Icterus"):

Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)

Icterus spurius; orchard oriole (the male is chestnut-and-black)

Holonyms ("Icterus" is a member of...):

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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; jaundice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("icterus" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Meronyms (parts of "icterus"):

hyperbilirubinemia (abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "icterus"):

icterus neonatorum; jaundice of the newborn; physiological jaundice of the newborn (yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously)

kernicterus (an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage)

Derivation:

icteric (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)

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