icterus

[ik-ter-uh s]

noun Pathology.

jaundice(def 1).

Origin of icterus

1700–10; < Latin < Greek íkteros jaundice, a yellow bird said to cure jaundice when seen

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Examples from the Web for icterus

Historical Examples of icterus

Icterus and a swollen abdomen—the rest was essentially normal.
The Lani People
J. F. Bone
Icterus phœniceus (red-winged blackbird), Umbazookskus River.
The Maine Woods
Henry David Thoreau
But, on the contrary, icterus has rarely been noted in scurvy.
Scurvy Past and Present
Alfred Fabian Hess
Icterus, symptomatic of the affection, has not been observed.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
As the gastric symptoms improve there is no change in the icterus, which continues for some days or weeks longer.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various

British Dictionary definitions for icterus

icterus

noun

pathol another name for jaundice
a yellowing of plant leaves, caused by excessive cold or moisture

Derived Formsicteric (ɪkˈtɛrɪk), adjective

Word Origin for icterus

C18: from Latin: yellow bird, the sight of which reputedly cured jaundice, from Greek ikteros

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Word Origin and History for icterus

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.

icterus in Medicine

icterus

[ĭk′tər-əs]

jaundice