icterus

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ic=ter=us

CIDE DICTIONARY

icterus, n. [NL. See Icteric, a.].

 The jaundice.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

icterus, n. Med. = JAUNDICE.

Derivative

icteric adj.

Etymology

L f. Gk ikteros

THESAURUS

icterus

abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, cholangitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, growth, hemorrhage, hepatitis, hepatoma, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, indigestion, infectious hepatitis, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, rash, rheum, sallowness, sclerosis, seizure, serum hepatitis, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, tabes, tachycardia, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomiting, wasting, xanthochroism, yellow complexion, yellow race, yellow skin

ROGET THESAURUS

icterus

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.