icteric
nounEtymology From icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, or Latin ictericus.
1
A medicine for jaundice.
icteric
adjEtymology From icterus (“jaundice”) + -ic, or Latin ictericus.
1
Medicine, Sciences Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body.
2
Relating to jaundice.
- An icteric discoloration of the sclerotic — a quite common symptom in xanthopia from arsenical poisoning — is very seldom observed.1883, Louis Lewin, The Untoward Effects of Drugs, page 98:
- Derived terms
- anicteric, nonicteric, posticteric, preicteric, subicteric