jaundice
n. uncountablen. a medical condition where your skin and eyes turn yellow. It happens when there is too much of a substance called bilirubin in your blood.
n. a medical condition characterised by the yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, caused by an excess of bilirubin in the blood. Often indicates a problem with the liver or bile ducts.
The doctor checked the baby for jaundice after birth.
The patient was admitted to the hospital because his skin had turned a yellowish color, a sign of jaundice.
While mild jaundice in newborns is often a temporary and harmless condition, persistent yellowing of the sclera can signal a more serious underlying liver pathology that requires immediate intervention.
From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).