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icteric

[ ik-ter-ik ]

adjective

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


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Other Word Forms

  • post·ic·ter·ic adjective
  • sub·ic·ter·ic adjective
  • sub·ic·ter·i·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of icteric1

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

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Purpura, with profuse hemorrhages and a livid hue of the skin, is ominous; icteric discoloration, together with marked glandular and periglandular tumefaction, is absolutely fatal.

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.

Several times we observed a faint icteric coloring and in some cases the appearance on neck and breast of an exanthema resembling measles.

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

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

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