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ICTERUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Icteridae
Synonyms:
genus Icterus; Icterus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Icterus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Icterus"):
Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)
Icterus spurius; orchard oriole (the male is chestnut-and-black)
Holonyms ("Icterus" is a member of...):
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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 anemia
Synonyms:
icterus; jaundice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("icterus" is a kind of...):
symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)
Meronyms (parts of "icterus"):
hyperbilirubinemia (abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "icterus"):
icterus neonatorum; jaundice of the newborn; physiological jaundice of the newborn (yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously)
kernicterus (an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage)
Derivation:
icteric (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)
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