jaundice

1. (verb) affect with, or as if with, jaundice
Related Words: affect

2. (verb) distort adversely: "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
Related Words: deform, distort, strain

3. (noun) yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia
Synonyms: icterus
Related Words: icterus neonatorum, jaundice of the newborn, kernicterus, physiological jaundice of the newborn, symptom

4. (noun) a sharp and bitter manner
Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness
Related Words: disagreeableness



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