jaundice - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Jaundice is a medical condition that causes a slight yellowing of the skin. Many newborn babies are diagnosed with slight jaundice and need to spend time in the sunlight every day for a few weeks.

A patient with jaundice looks a little yellow, a condition that's caused by excess pigmentation due to deficiencies in the liver or bile duct. One common medical cause of jaundice is hepatitis, a liver condition. Another meaning of jaundice is the distortion of opinions due especially to envy or resentment: "I hope my winning another acting award won't jaundice your feelings about being in plays." The Latin root is galbinus, "greenish yellow," a color once associated with bitterness and envy.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: jaundice

1	n v	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 affect with, or as if with, jaundice
2	n v	a rough and bitter manner distort adversely

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: jaundice

1

n 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

Types:: 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

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

v affect with, or as if with, jaundice

Type of:: affect
act physically on; have an effect upon

2

n a rough and bitter manner

Synonyms:: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, tartness, thorniness

Type of:: disagreeableness
an ill-tempered and offensive disposition

v distort adversely

“Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment”

Type of:: deform, distort, strain
alter the shape of (something) by stress