"icterus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪktəɹəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-icterus.wav [US] Forms: icteruses [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|icterus}} Latin icterus, {{der|en|grc|ἴκτερος|t=jaundice}} Ancient Greek ἴκτερος (íkteros, “jaundice”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|es}} icterus (usually uncountable, plural icteruses)
  1. (medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations ((medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood): ἴκτερος (íkteros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), жълтеница (žăltenica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Gelbsucht [feminine] (German), Ikterus [masculine] (German), ittero [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-icterus-en-noun-EC6xx1h7 Categories (other): Medicine, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 19 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood': 95 5
  2. A yellowish appearance in plants. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-icterus-en-noun-3zeBgXyH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: icteremia, icteric, icterometer, icterus neonatorum

Inflected forms

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