Crossword clues for icterus
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Icterus \Ic"te*rus\, n. [NL. See Icteric, a.] (Med.) The jaundice.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, medical Latin, from Greek ikteros "jaundice," also the name of a yellowish bird the sight of which was supposed, by sympathetic magic, to cure jaundice. As a zoological genus, from 1713.
Wiktionary
n. (lb en medicine) An excess of (l en bile pigment bile pigments) in the (l en blood); (l en jaundice).
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: jaundice]
type genus of the Icteridae [syn: genus Icterus]
Wikipedia
Icterus may refer to:
- Jaundice
- A genus of New World orioles
Usage examples of "icterus".
Many deaths have happened in a neighboring large city from that well-known complaint, Icterus Invidiosorum, after returning from a visit to the Music Hall.
Besides, she has other chapters on nervous affections, on icterus, on fevers, on intestinal worms, on infections due to swamp exhalations, on dysentery, and a number of forms of pulmonary diseases.
The principal symptom is hematogenous icterus with cyanosis,--the urine contains blood and blood-coloring matter.
The existence of accidental nigrities rests on well-established facts which are distinctly different from the pigmentation of purpura, icterus, or that produced by metallic salts.
The principal symptom is hematogenous icterus with cyanosis,--the urine contains blood and blood-coloring matter.