Meaning Of The Word Jaundice

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jaundice
uncountable noun: Jaundice is an illness that makes your skin and eyes become yellow.

jaundice in American English
a condition in which the eyeballs, the skin, and the urine become abnormally yellowish as a result of increased amounts of bile pigments in the blood
to cause to have jaundice
noun: yellow discoloration of the skin, whites of the eyes, etc., due to an increase of bile pigments in the blood, often symptomatic of certain diseases, as hepatitis
transitive verb: to distort or prejudice, as by envy or resentment

jaundice in British English
noun: yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes due to the abnormal presence of bile pigments in the blood, as in hepatitis
verb: to distort (the judgment, etc) adversely

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