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jaundice
(encz) | jaundice,žloutenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Jaundice
(gcide) | Jaundice \Jaun"dice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr.
jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr.
galbus yellow.] (Med.)
A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes,
skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation,
uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite,
and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by
obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming
up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into
the blood.
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Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy.
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Jaundice
(gcide) | Jaundice \Jaun"dice\, v. t.
To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to
prejudice.
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The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul. --Ld. Lytton.
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jaundice
(wn) | jaundice
n 1: 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
[syn: jaundice, icterus]
2: a rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony,
acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness]
v 1: distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
2: affect with, or as if with, jaundice |
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jaundice
(encz) | jaundice,žloutenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
jaundice of the newborn
(encz) | jaundice of the newborn, n: |
jaundiced
(encz) | jaundiced,nenávistný adj: Zdeněk Brožjaundiced,postižený žloutenkou Josef Kosek |
physiological jaundice of the newborn
(encz) | physiological jaundice of the newborn, n: |
unjaundiced
(encz) | unjaundiced, |
Bejaundice
(gcide) | Bejaundice \Be*jaun"dice\, v. t.
To infect with jaundice.
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Blue jaundice
(gcide) | Jaundice \Jaun"dice\ (?; 277), n. [OE. jaunis, F. jaunisse, fr.
jaune yellow, orig. jalne, fr. L. galbinus yellowish, fr.
galbus yellow.] (Med.)
A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes,
skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation,
uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite,
and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by
obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming
up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into
the blood.
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Blue jaundice. See Cyanopathy.
[1913 Webster]Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
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Jaundiced
(gcide) | Jaundiced \Jaun"diced\, a.
1. Affected with jaundice.
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Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow. --Bp.
Hall.
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2. Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
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Unjaundiced
(gcide) | Unjaundiced \Unjaundiced\
See jaundiced. |
jaundice
(wn) | jaundice
n 1: 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
[syn: jaundice, icterus]
2: a rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony,
acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness]
v 1: distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
2: affect with, or as if with, jaundice |
jaundice of the newborn
(wn) | jaundice of the newborn
n 1: yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides
spontaneously [syn: jaundice of the newborn,
physiological jaundice of the newborn, {icterus
neonatorum}] |
jaundiced
(wn) | jaundiced
adj 1: affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
[syn: jaundiced, icteric, yellow]
2: showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste; "looked
with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation"; "takes
a jaundiced view of societies and clubs" |
physiological jaundice of the newborn
(wn) | physiological jaundice of the newborn
n 1: yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides
spontaneously [syn: jaundice of the newborn,
physiological jaundice of the newborn, {icterus
neonatorum}] |
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