jaundice

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: jaun=dice

CIDE DICTIONARY

jaundice, n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr. jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr. galbus yellow.].

 A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the fæces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood.  [1913 Webster]

Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy.

jaundice, v. t. 

 To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.  [1913 Webster]
"The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jaundice, n. & v.
--n.
1 Med. a condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, often caused by obstruction of the bile duct or by liver disease.
2 disordered (esp. mental) vision.
3 envy.
--v.tr.
1 affect with jaundice.
2 (esp. as jaundiced adj.) affect (a person) with envy, resentment, or jealousy.

Etymology

ME iaunes f. OF jaunice yellowness f. jaune yellow

THESAURUS

jaundice

abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, aurify, backache, begild, bend, bent, bias, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, cholangitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, distort, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, engild, envy, fainting, fatigue, favoritism, fever, fibrillation, flux, forejudgment, gild, green-eyed jealousy, green-eyed monster, growth, heartburn, heartburning, hemorrhage, hepatitis, hepatoma, high blood pressure, horn-madness, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, inclination, indigestion, infectious hepatitis, inflammation, influence, insomnia, itching, jalousie, jaundiced eye, jealousness, jealousy, labored breathing, leaning, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, one-sidedness, pain, paralysis, partialism, partiality, partisanship, preconception, predilection, prejudgment, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, prepossess, prepossession, pruritus, rash, rheum, sallow, sallowness, sclerosis, seizure, serum hepatitis, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, sway, tabes, tachycardia, tumor, turn yellow, twist, undetachment, undispassionateness, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, warp, wasting, xanthochroism, yellow, yellow complexion, yellow race, yellow skin

ROGET THESAURUS

jaundice

Yellowness

N yellowness, yellow, or, gamboge, cadmium-yellow, chrome-yellow, Indian-yellow king's-yellow, lemonyellow, orpiment, yellow ocher, Claude tint, aureolin, xanthein, xanthin, zaofulvin, crocus, saffron, topaz, xanthite, yolk, jaundice, London fog, yellowness, icterus, xantho- cyanopia, xanthopsia, yellow, aureate, golden, flavous, citrine, fallow, fulvous, fulvid, sallow, luteous, tawny, creamy, sandy, xanthic, xanthous, jaundiced, auricomous, gold-colored, citron-colored, saffron-colored, lemon-colored, lemon yellow, sulphur-colored, amber-colored, straw-colored, primrose- colored, creamcolored, xanthocarpous, xanthochroid, xanthopous, yellow as a quince, yellow as a guinea, yellow as a crow's foot, warm, advancing.