icterus
Americannoun
noun
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pathol another name for jaundice
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a yellowing of plant leaves, caused by excessive cold or moisture
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Etymology
Origin of icterus
1700–10; < Latin < Greek íkteros jaundice, a yellow bird said to cure jaundice when seen
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Some use them internally in doses of 4 grams to cure icterus.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Navigius, Augustin's brother, an excellent man of whom we know nothing save that he had a bad liver—the icterus of the African colonist—and that on this account he abstained from sweetmeats.
From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent
The inirritability of the gall-bladder probably occasions one kind of icterus, or jaundice; which is owing to whatever obstructs the passage of bile into the duodenum.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Other species of icterus also frequent the vast cattle-herds of the South American plains.
From The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne
Besides, she has other chapters on nervous affections, on icterus, on fevers, on intestinal worms, on infections due to swamp exhalations, on dysentery, and a number of forms of pulmonary diseases.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
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