What does the word icterus mean?
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a species of weasel, whose eyes are yellow[?]. A disease, the principal symptom of which is yellowness of the skin and eyes, with white faeces and high-coloured urine. It admits of various causes; in fact, anything which can directly or indirectly obstruct the course of the bile, so that it is taken into the mass of blood and produces the yellowness of surface; - the bile being separated by the kidneys, causes yellowness of urine, and its being prevented from reaching the intestine occasions the pale-coloured faeces. The prognosis, in ordinary cases, is favourable; - when complicated with hepatic disease, unfavourable. The treatment is simple: - an emetic or purgative, given occasionally so as to elicit the return of the bile to its ordinary channels; light tonics; unirritating diet; cheerful company, etc.
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[ Latin, Greek] See Jaundice.
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A clinical manifestation of hyperbilirubinemia, consisting of deposition of bile pigments in the skin, resulting in a yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes.
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