icteric
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of icteric
1590–1600; < Latin ictericus < Greek ikterikós, equivalent to íkter ( os ) jaundice + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Several times we observed a faint icteric coloring and in some cases the appearance on neck and breast of an exanthema resembling measles.
From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Fr. (Friedrich) Brendecke
That portion of the thigh not already gangrenous is now very oedematous, and the integument covering it is much discolored, being of a dark, icteric, or reddened hue.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The skin is generally yellow, sometimes quite intensely icteric, but seldom showing the ecchymotic extravasations of yellow fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Purpura, with profuse hemorrhages and a livid hue of the skin, is ominous; icteric discoloration, together with marked glandular and periglandular tumefaction, is absolutely fatal.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The icteric hue is seldom intense, indeed very infrequently equalling the orange-yellow of jaundice resulting from obstruction.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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