jaundice
jawn duhs
- 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 a rough and bitter manner
- v distort adversely
Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment - v affect with, or as if with, jaundice
- Infectious hepatitis, by vulgar error called jaundice, is the kind of disease that in peacetime worries doctors very little.
- I was born with jaundice.
- From Army camps and hospitals for the past three months have come rumors of a mysterious epidemic of jaundice.