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Definition of Icteric
1. Adjective. Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc.
Definition of Icteric
1. n. A remedy for the jaundice.
2. a. Pertaining to, or affected with, jaundice.
Definition of Icteric
1. Adjective. (medicine) Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body. ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to jaundice. ¹
3. Noun. A medicine for jaundice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Icteric
1. a remedy for icterus [n -S]
Medical Definition of Icteric
1. Relating to or marked by jaundice. Origin: G. Ikterikos, jaundiced (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Icteric
Literary usage of Icteric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"In ordinary icteric itching it most probably enters the circulation with the
bile, probably by way of the lymphatics, but in pre-icteric itching or in ..."
2. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1865)
"The pericardium contained some icteric clear serum ; the heart itself was flaccid,
... The peritoneal cavity contained several pounds of icteric fluid, ..."
3. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"Dirty, sallow skin, with expression lees eyes and hepatic tenderness; an icteric
hue, with or without pain; hepatic colic; intense pain from liver to ..."
4. Headache and Its Materia Medica by Benoni F. Underwood (1889)
"The attacks are preceded by pain in the hypochondrium ; the liver is hypertrophied ;
slightly icteric. Indigestion, tasteless eructations, constipation, ..."
5. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"According to some observers, in infants who are icteric the initial loss in weight
... Of the 300 icteric children, 155 made satisfactory progress in every ..."
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