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
   "The patient's jaundice was a clear sign of liver dysfunction";
   - icterus
    
2. A rough and bitter manner
   "His jaundice toward the proposal was obvious to everyone";
   - bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, tartness, thorniness

1. Distort adversely
   "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
    
2. Affect with, or as if with, jaundice
   "The illness jaundiced his skin, turning it a yellowish colour"

Derived forms: jaundicing, jaundices, jaundiced

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

Encyclopedia: Jaundice, neonatal