Word
jaundice
Phoneticsjaun·dice
US/ˈdʒɔndəs/
UK/dʒˈɔːndɪs/
Definition
n. 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.
Examples
“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.”
Examples
simple
“The doctor checked the baby for jaundice after birth.”
contextual
“The patient was admitted to the hospital because his skin had turned a yellowish color, a sign of jaundice.”
complex
“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.”
Real-World Examples
“By the time a patient experiences signs, such as jaundice – a yellowing of the skin – or abdominal pain, the cancer has often already spread to other organs.” “It was vomiting, diarrhoea, my liver working so hard that my eyes turned yellow, actual jaundice, because my body had stopped pretending it was fine well before I had.” Etymology
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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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