JAUNDICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jaundice mean? 

• JAUNDICE (noun)
  The noun JAUNDICE has 2 senses:

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. a rough and bitter manner

  Familiarity information: JAUNDICE used as a noun is rare.

• JAUNDICE (verb)
  The verb JAUNDICE has 2 senses:

1. distort adversely

2. affect with, or as if with, jaundice

  Familiarity information: JAUNDICE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAUNDICE (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

icterus; jaundice

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A rough and bitter manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

acerbity; acrimony; bitterness; jaundice; tartness; thorniness

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

disagreeableness (an ill-tempered and offensive disposition)

Derivation:

jaundice (distort adversely)

• JAUNDICE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distort adversely

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment

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)

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

Jaundice that appears during the neonatal period.

(Neonatal Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)

Many healthy babies have some jaundice during the first week of life.

(Jaundice, NIH)

Other signs and symptoms include hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice, and respiratory failure.

(Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C, NCI Thesaurus)

This is sometimes called surgical jaundice.

(Extrahepatic Cholestasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, anorexia, jaundice, pruritus, nausea and vomiting, and weight loss.

(Extrahepatic Bile Duct Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

One of these was of weak mind, and we did not dare to trust him, and the other was suffering from jaundice, and could not be of any use to us.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked.

(Jaundice, NCI Dictionary)

Symptoms of infection include jaundice, dark urine, and fever and other flu-like symptoms.

(hepatitis A virus, NCI Dictionary)

You may also have yellowish eyes and skin, called jaundice.

(Hepatitis A, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Clinical signs usually present within the first decade and include fever, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and skin rash.

(Hemophagocytic Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)