iconology
- n the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)
iconoscope
- n the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin
icsh
- n a gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals
ictalurus punctatus
- n freshwater food fish common throughout central United States
icteria virens
- n American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
icteridae
- n American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks
icterus
- n 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
- n type genus of the Icteridae
icterus neonatorum
- n yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously