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The definition of jaundice is a medical condition where your skin and the whites of your eyes turn yellow as a result of excess bilirubin pigment.

(noun)

An example of jaundice is when you have liver disease or obstruction of the bile duct and your skin appears yellow.

See jaundice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. 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
2. popularly a disease causing this condition, as hepatitis
a bitter or prejudiced state of mind, caused by jealousy, envy, etc.

Origin: ME jaundis < OFr jaunisse < jaune, yellow < L galbinus, greenish yellow < galbus, yellow, prob. via Celt *galbos < IE base *ghel-, yellow

transitive verb jaundiced, jaundicing

to cause to have jaundice
to make bitter or prejudiced through jealousy, envy, etc.

See jaundice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Yellowish discoloration of the whites of the eyes, skin, and mucous membranes caused by deposition of bile salts in these tissues. It occurs as a symptom of various diseases, such as hepatitis, that affect the processing of bile. Also called icterus.
A state or feeling of negativity or bitterness arising especially from envy or world-weariness.

transitive verb jaun·diced, jaun·dic·ing, jaun·dic·es