Jaundice
41jaundice — [ˈdʒɔːndɪs] noun [U] an illness that makes your skin and the white part of your eyes become yellow …
42jaundice — jaun•dice [[t]ˈdʒɔn dɪs, ˈdʒɑn [/t]] n. v. diced, dic•ing 1) pat Also called icterus yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood. 2) a state of feeling in which views are prejudiced …
43jaundice — Ma i lena. Also: lena, kapoulena, ea ōlena, kumulena …
44jaundice — A disease characterized by the presence of bile in the blood; sometimes resulting from transfusions of blood following an injury. Duvall v T. W. A. 98 Cal App 2d 106, 219 P2d 463. Often developing as a direct result of injuries. Helms v Leonard… …
45Blue jaundice — Jaundice Jaun dice (?; 277), n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow.] (Med.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the f[ae]ces …
46nonhemolytic jaundice — jaundice caused by an abnormality in metabolism of bilirubin by the liver cells, so that there is excessive unconjugated bilirubin in the blood. The various forms include Crigler Najjar, Dubin Johnson, Gilbert, and Rotor syndromes, as well as… …
47acholuric jaundice — jaundice without choluria or bilirubinuria; seen in hemolytic disease and other forms of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia as the unconjugated bilirubin is not excreted by the kidneys …
48breast milk jaundice — jaundice occurring in breastfed infants after the first 3–5 days of life. Serum bilirubin generally peaks at approximately 2 weeks and falls gradually over the next several months; the cause is unknown …
49cholestatic jaundice — jaundice resulting from an abnormality in the flow of bile, usually with elevation of serum alkaline phosphatasealkaline phosphatase, retention of bile salts, and variable hypercholesterolemia. The cholestasis may be extrahepatic (due to… …
50hepatocellular jaundice — jaundice caused by injury to or disease of the liver cells …
