icteric

Also ic·ter·i·cal

[ik-ter-ik]

adjective

Pathology.

1. pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.

Other Word Forms

• posticteric adjective
• subicteric adjective
• subicterical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of icteric¹

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

Example Sentences

The skin is generally yellow, sometimes quite intensely icteric, but seldom showing the ecchymotic extravasations of yellow fever.

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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.

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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.

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The adipose tissue throughout the carcass may show a pronounced icteric appearance in certain cases.

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The skin may assume a dull sallow or earthy hue, or a bright yellow icteric tint may appear.

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