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icterus

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icterus /ˈiktərəs, ˈɪktərəs /
▸ noun Medicine technical term for jaundice.
– DERIVATIVES
icteric /ikˈterik, ɪkˈtɛrɪk / adjective
– ORIGIN early 18th century : via Latin from Greek ikteros. The Latin term denoted jaundice, also a yellowish-green bird (the sight of which was thought to cure jaundice).