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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jaundice has 2 senses
- jaundice(n = noun.state) icterus - 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; Array is a kind of symptom
- jaundice(n = noun.attribute) acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, tartness, thorniness - a rough and bitter manner; Array is a kind of disagreeableness
has parts: hyperbilirubinemia
has particulars: icterus neonatorum, jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn, kernicterus
Derived form verb jaundice2
Derived form verb jaundice1
Verb jaundice has 2 senses
- jaundice(v = verb.change) Array - distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment" is one way to deform, distort, strain
- jaundice(v = verb.body) Array - affect with, or as if with, jaundice; Array is one way to affect
Derived form noun jaundice2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived form noun jaundice1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
jaundice, n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow.].
A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the fæces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. [1913 Webster]
jaundice, v. t.
To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [1913 Webster]
"The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
jaundice, n. & v.
--n.
1 Med. a condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, often caused by obstruction of the bile duct or by liver disease.
2 disordered (esp. mental) vision.
3 envy.
--v.tr.
1 affect with jaundice.
2 (esp. as jaundiced adj.) affect (a person) with envy, resentment, or jealousy.
--n.
1 Med. a condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, often caused by obstruction of the bile duct or by liver disease.
2 disordered (esp. mental) vision.
3 envy.
--v.tr.
1 affect with jaundice.
2 (esp. as jaundiced adj.) affect (a person) with envy, resentment, or jealousy.
Etymology
ME iaunes f. OF jaunice yellowness f. jaune yellow
THESAURUS
jaundice
abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, aurify, backache, begild, bend, bent, bias, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, cholangitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, distort, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, engild, envy, fainting, fatigue, favoritism, fever, fibrillation, flux, forejudgment, gild, green-eyed jealousy, green-eyed monster, growth, heartburn, heartburning, hemorrhage, hepatitis, hepatoma, high blood pressure, horn-madness, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, inclination, indigestion, infectious hepatitis, inflammation, influence, insomnia, itching, jalousie, jaundiced eye, jealousness, jealousy, labored breathing, leaning, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, one-sidedness, pain, paralysis, partialism, partiality, partisanship, preconception, predilection, prejudgment, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, prepossess, prepossession, pruritus, rash, rheum, sallow, sallowness, sclerosis, seizure, serum hepatitis, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, sway, tabes, tachycardia, tumor, turn yellow, twist, undetachment, undispassionateness, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, warp, wasting, xanthochroism, yellow, yellow complexion, yellow race, yellow skinROGET THESAURUS
jaundice
Yellowness
N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.
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