Icterus
[ik-ter-uh s] /ˈɪk tər əs/
noun, Pathology.
1.
(def 1).
/ˈɪktərəs/
noun
1.
(pathol) another name for jaundice
2.
a yellowing of plant leaves, caused by excessive cold or moisture
n.
1706, medical Latin, from Greek ikteros “jaundice,” also the name of a yellowish bird the sight of which was supposed, by sympathetic magic, to cure jaundice. As a zoological genus, from 1713.
icterus ic·ter·us (ĭk’tər-əs)
n.
See jaundice.
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