Icteric Definition

ĭk-tĕrĭk
adjective
Relating to or having jaundice.
Webster's New World
Used to treat jaundice.
American Heritage Medicine

(medicine) Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A remedy for jaundice.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Icteric

Noun

Singular:
icteric
Plural:
icterics

Origin of Icteric

  • Latin ictericus from Greek ikterikos from ikteros jaundice

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • icterus (“jaundice”) +‎ -ic, or Latin ictericus

    From Wiktionary

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