jaundice

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1. jaundice - Noun

2. jaundice - Verb

Meaning

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.

To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul. John Dryden

The General has got the gout, and Mrs. Maitland the jaundice. Miss Debary, Susan, and Sally, all in black, but without any stature, made their appearance, and I was as civil to them as their bad breath would allow me. Jane Austen

To virgin minds, which yet their native whiteness hold, Not yet discoloured with the love of gold (That jaundice of the soul, Which makes it look so gilded and so foul) Abraham Cowley

I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted. They had to cut them out. So I never had milk teeth. That was tough, you know, being in school having photos taken while I was pretending I had teeth. It was hideous. Charlize Theron

Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment Source: Internet

Accumulation of copper leads to fatigue, jaundice, problems of speech and coordination. Source: Internet

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