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icteric

American  
[ik-ter-ik] / ɪkˈtɛr ɪk /
Also icterical

adjective

Pathology.
  1. pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.


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Etymology

Origin of icteric

1590–1600; < Latin ictericus < Greek ikterikós, equivalent to íkter ( os ) jaundice + -ikos -ic

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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

Dr. Coe says, sometimes icteric Patients discharge very thick Bile, almost as viscid as Bird-Lime.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

See his Treatise on biliary Concretions, chap. ii. where he has collected a great Number of icteric Cases, in which the Bile has been found quite viscid after Death.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

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

The Looseness continued till the 15th, when most of the icteric Symptoms were gone, and by the 30th they entirely disappeared.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

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