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jaundice
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 jaundiced -·diced, jaundicing -·dic·ing
- to cause to have jaundice
- to make bitter or prejudiced through jealousy, envy, etc.
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