jaundice

jaundice is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, 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. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, 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.
2. transitive verb. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
3. noun. a rough and bitter manner

   Synonyms: acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, tartness, thorniness

4. 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

5. verb. affect with, or as if with, jaundice
6. verb. distort adversely

   "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"

Synonyms

acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, tartness, thorniness, icterus

Common word forms

jaundiced, jaundices, jaundicing

Words from these letters

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