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Noun: jaundice  jon-dis
  1. Yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anaemia
    - icterus
     
  2. A rough and bitter manner
    - bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, tartness, thorniness
Verb: jaundice  jon-dis
  1. Distort adversely
    "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
     
  2. Affect with, or as if with, jaundice

Derived forms: jaundiced, jaundices, jaundicing

Type of: affect, deform, disagreeableness, distort, strain, symptom

Encyclopedia: Jaundice, neonatal