PHYSIOLOGICAL JAUNDICE OF THE NEWBORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physiological jaundice of the newborn mean? 

• PHYSIOLOGICAL JAUNDICE OF THE NEWBORN (noun)
  The noun PHYSIOLOGICAL JAUNDICE OF THE NEWBORN has 1 sense:

1. yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously

  Familiarity information: PHYSIOLOGICAL JAUNDICE OF THE NEWBORN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSIOLOGICAL JAUNDICE OF THE NEWBORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

icterus neonatorum; jaundice of the newborn; physiological jaundice of the newborn

Hypernyms ("physiological jaundice of the newborn" is a kind of...):

icterus; 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)