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JAUNDICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rough and bitter manner
Synonyms:
acerbity; acrimony; bitterness; jaundice; tartness; thorniness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("jaundice" is a kind of...):
disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)
Derivation:
jaundice (distort adversely)
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 ("jaundice" 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 "jaundice"):
hyperbilirubinemia (abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jaundice"):
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:
jaundice (affect with, or as if with, jaundice)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affect with, or as if with, jaundice
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "jaundice" is one way to...):
affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
jaundice (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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Distort adversely
Example:
Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "jaundice" is one way to...):
deform; distort; strain (alter the shape of (something) by stress)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
jaundice (a rough and bitter manner)
Context examples:
A specimen that exhibits a yellowish pigmentation due to jaundice.
(Icteric Specimen, NCI Thesaurus)
An inherited autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the presence of mild jaundice due to abnormalities in the bilirubin transportation from the liver parenchyma to the biliary system.
(Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
Jaundice may be an early symptom.
(Ampulla of Vater Intestinal-Type Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms include jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss.
(ampulla of Vater cancer, NCI Dictionary)
Signs and symptoms include upper gastrointestinal bleeding, weight loss, jaundice, and abdominal pain.
(Pancreatic Serous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This procedure may relieve jaundice before surgery.
(Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, NCI Dictionary)
Signs and symptoms include abdominal mass, abdominal pain, and jaundice.
(Bile Duct Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It results in the development of jaundice.
(Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A congenital cystic dilatation of the common bile duct; this condition may be asymptomatic, or cause vomiting, fever, jaundice, or pain in the right upper quadrant.
(Choledochal Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It appears four to seven days after birth, lasts longer than the physiologic jaundice, and there are no identifiable causes.
(Breast Milk Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)
