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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The adipose tissue throughout the carcass may show a pronounced icteric appearance in certain cases.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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 Donald Monro
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
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 Donald Monro
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