jaundice Definition
jaun·dice (jôn′dis)
noun
- a condition in which the eyeballs, the skin, and the urine become abnormally yellowish as a result of increased amounts of bile pigments in the blood
- popularly a disease causing this condition, as hepatitis
- a bitter or prejudiced state of mind, caused by jealousy, envy, etc.
Etymology: ME jaundis < OFr jaunisse < jaune, yellow < L galbinus, greenish yellow < galbus, yellow, prob. via Celt *galbos < IE base *ghel-, yellow
transitive verb -·diced, -·dic·ing
- to cause to have jaundice
- to make bitter or prejudiced through jealousy, envy, etc.
jaundice Synonyms
jaundice Usage Examples
Object
- eye: Now two young men who find themselves looking on the seaside with a jaundiced eye: can you identify them?
- view: The members of Kent's history society will probably already take a less jaundiced view of my books.
- patient: Although death may occur in about 15 % of the jaundiced patients, death without jaundice is virtually unknown.
- light: When I can I paint in daylight, but I like the jaundiced light of the room at night and the streetlights outside.
Converse of object
- relieve: A patient must also be fit enough to undergo an ERCP for a stent to be used to relieve jaundice.
- treat: Blue light is also used to treat jaundice in infants - their eyes have to be covered to prevent damage from the light.
- cause: This tumor also usually causes jaundice at an early stage.
- develop: Small children are, in most cases, only mildly affected by the disease, and usually do not develop jaundice.
- include: Some of these symptoms include jaundice, dark urine, nausea, vomiting, abdominal swelling, unusual weight gain, and abdominal pain.
- have: I played the mother of a girl who had jaundice.
Adjective modifier
- cholestatic: Hepatotoxicity with cholestatic jaundice is a rare complication which may occur early in the course of treatment.
- obstructive: Sharon says, " Hannah had pale yellow stools and bright yellow urine - classic symptoms of obstructive jaundice.
- neonatal: Cases of neonatal thrombocytopenia, of fetal or neonatal jaundice have been reported with maternal thiazide therapy.
- mild: People with Sickle Cell Anemia often have mild jaundice which can make the whites of their eyes look yellowish.
- yellow: The liver may become enlarged and yellow jaundice may develop.
- prolonged: This severe, prolonged jaundice is usually the feature that leads to the diagnosis.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: My slightly jaundiced view of the town wasn't improved by the difficulty of finding directions to the Museum of Antiquities.
- rather: However, I feel we might benefit from a rather jaundiced look at them.
- very: Its a bit of a balancing act as she is very jaundiced and i don't want her to go too long.
Noun used with modifier
breastmilk: No one knows what the cause of breastmilk jaundice is.

