"icteric" meaning in English

See icteric in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more icteric [comparative], most icteric [superlative], icterical [alternative]
Etymology: From icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, or Latin ictericus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|icterus|ic|gloss1=jaundice}} icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, {{uder|en|la|ictericus}} Latin ictericus Head templates: {{en-adj}} icteric (comparative more icteric, superlative most icteric)
  1. (medicine) Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body.
    Sense id: en-icteric-en-adj-V8mht1tB Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 10 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 45 30 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 64 19 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 77 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 7 7 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. Relating to jaundice.
    Sense id: en-icteric-en-adj-PbF5T6Hp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anicteric, nonicteric, posticteric, preicteric, subicteric

Noun

Forms: icterics [plural], icterical [alternative]
Etymology: From icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, or Latin ictericus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|icterus|ic|gloss1=jaundice}} icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, {{uder|en|la|ictericus}} Latin ictericus Head templates: {{en-noun}} icteric (plural icterics)
  1. A medicine for jaundice.
    Sense id: en-icteric-en-noun-BeOuM88E

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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