jaundice

jaundice has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• v. t.. To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.
• n.. a rough and bitter manner
• 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
• v.. affect with, or as if with, jaundice
• v.. distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"