jaundice
/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/US/ˈd͡ʒɔndɪs/
jaundice noun: a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
Noun
jaundice (countable and uncountable, plural jaundices)
- A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
- Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, / Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter? / Sleepe when he wakes? and creep into the Iaundies / By being peeuiſh?c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- But look in this new mirror, lovely friend. / Both gods and fairies wait on lovers' wills. / That jaundices be changed to daffodils!1920, Natalie Clifford Barney, “A Sonnet to My Lady with the Jaundice”, in Poems & poèmes
- Synonyms:
- icterus
- A feeling of bitterness, resentment or jealousy.
- No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Walking to the Mail”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 48
Verb
jaundice (third-person singular simple present jaundices, present participle jaundicing, simple past and past participle jaundiced)
jaundice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
jaundice in Hindi
- morbid condition
- पीलिया pīliyā
jaundice in Tamil
- morbid condition
- காமாலை kāmālai, மஞ்சள் காமாலை mañcaḷ kāmālai
jaundice in Urdu
- کنول باؤ, یرقان
jaundice in Bengali
- পাণ্ডুরোগ, ন্যাবা, কামলা, জন্ডিস, ঈর্ষাপরবশ, পরশ্রীকাতর
More languagesFewer languages
- jaundice in Telugu
- కామెర్లు kāmerlu
- jaundice in Malayalam
- മഞ്ഞപ്പിത്തം, മഞ്ഞനോവ്
- jaundice in Kannada
- ಕಾಮಾಲೆ, ಅರಿಸಿನ ಮಂಡಿಗೆ ರೋಗ, ಅರಸಿನಕುತ್ತ, ಕರುಬಿನ ಕಹಿ
- jaundice in Gujarati
- કમળો kamḷo
- jaundice in Odia
- ପାଣ୍ଡୁ pāṇḍu
- jaundice in Sanskrit
- पाण्डु pāṇḍu
- jaundice in Sinhala
- සෙංකමාළය seṁkamāḷaya
- jaundice in Assamese
- কুহুমসাৰ kuhumxar
- jaundice in Tagalog
- pamumunglo, mamunglo
- jaundice in Arabic
- صُفَار ṣufār, يَرَقَان yaraqān
- jaundice in Indonesian
- sakit kuning
- jaundice in Persian
- یرقان yaraqân
- jaundice in Thai
- ดีซ่าน dii-sâan
- jaundice in Vietnamese
- vàng da, hoàng đản
- jaundice in Myanmar
- အသားဝါရောဂါ a.sa:warau:ga
Examples of jaundice in a sentence
- In British folk medicine there are some unusual remedies for jaundice.2004, Gabrielle Hatfield, Encyclopedia of Folk Medicine: Old World and New World Traditions, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 215:
- Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week?2016, Dueep Jyot Singh, John Davidson, Knowing More About Jaundice - Prevention and Natural Cure Remedies of Jaundice, Mendon Cottage...
Synonyms of jaundice
Forms of jaundice
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jaundices |
| alternative form (obsolete) | jaundies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jaundices |
| present participle | jaundicing |
| past participle | jaundiced |
| past | jaundiced |
Origin of jaundice
From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).
Words formed from jaundice
Questions about jaundice
- What does jaundice mean?
- Jaundice means a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
- What is jaundice in Hindi?
- Jaundice in Hindi is पीलिया (pīliyā). See Jaundice meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use jaundice in a sentence?
- In British folk medicine there are some unusual remedies for jaundice.
- What part of speech is jaundice?
- Jaundice can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce jaundice?
- Jaundice is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jaundice?
- The plural of jaundice is jaundices.
Words near jaundice in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jaundice (page history and authors); jaundice (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaundice (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaundice (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jaundice (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કમળો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପାଣ୍ଡୁ (Odia) (page history and authors); සෙංකමාළය (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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