"icterus" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
subtypes:
- icterus neonatorum, jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn - yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously
- kernicterus - an abnormal accumulation of bile pigment in the brain and other nerve tissue; causes yellow staining and tissue damage
has: hyperbilirubinemia - abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood

same as: jaundice
is a type of: bird genus - a genus of birds
member holonym:
- icterus galbula, northern oriole - a kind of New World oriole
- icterus spurius, orchard oriole - the male is chestnut-and-black
belongs to: family icteridae, icteridae - American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks

same as: genus icterus