Causes yellow staining and tissue damage

• An abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue

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n. (context medicine English) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).

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Kernicterus is a bilirubin -induced brain dysfunction. Bilirubin is a highly neurotoxic substance that may become elevated in the serum, a condition known as hyperbilirubinemia . Hyperbilirubinemia may cause bilirubin to accumulate in the gray matter of ...

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n. an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage