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icterus

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icterus /ic·ter·us/ (ik´ter-us) [L.] jaundice.icter´ic
icterus neonato´rum  jaundice in newborn children.
ic·ter·us (ktr-s)
n.
See jaundice.
Icterus
Another name for jaundice.
Mentioned in: Jaundice
icterus.
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icterus [ik´ter-us]
icterus neonato´rum jaundice in newborn infants, as seen in erythroblastosis fetalis. Called also neonatal jaundice and jaundice of the newborn.
icterus prae´cox mild jaundice developing within the first 24 hours of life (before physiologic jaundice normally occurs), due to ABO blood group incompatibility between mother and infant; it usually clears rapidly and spontaneously, only occasionally resulting in hemolytic disease.
icterus (ik´ters),
n See jaundice.
icterus, acholuric,
n See jaundice, hemolytic, congenital.
icterus
see jaundice.
icterus
Jaundice, see there
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