Icterus

n. jaundice, disorder caused by an excess of bile in the blood

Icterus can mean:Icterus is the genus name for orioles in the Americas.Icterus (medicine) is the yellow coloration of skin and mucus membranes of jaundice.
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Icterus /ic·ter·us/ [L.] jaundice.icter´ic icterus neonato´rum jaundice in newborn children. ic·ter·us n. See jaundice. [more]Icterus - Community and Resources

Noun
1. type genus of the Icteridae
(synonym) genus Icterus
(hypernym) bird genus
(member-holonym) Icteridae, family Icteridae
(member-meronym) northern oriole, Icterus galbula

Noun
1. 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
(synonym) jaundice
(hypernym) symptom
(hyponym) jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn, icterus neonatorum
(part-meronym) hyperbilirubinemia

(a.)
The jaundice.