noun
definition
An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
definition
A yellowish appearance in plants.
Examples of icterus in a Sentence
In hepatogenous pigmentation (icterus or jaundice) we have the iron-free pigment modified and transformed by the action of the liver cells into bile pigment (bilirubin).
Symptoms were not accompanied by icterus (Quint 1933 ). Hypericum canariense L. Rabanal et al.
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula joined the melee of Kingbirds and Mockingbirds in a small area of scrub.
Jaundice, also called icterus or hyperbilirubinemia, is a very common condition in newborns.
Even healthy infants may appear to have a yellow stain in their skin (physiological jaundice or icterus) and the whites of the eyes (sclerae) in the first week after birth.