icterus /ic·ter·us/ (ik´ter-us) [L.] jaundice.icter´ic
icterus neonatorum,
icterus [ik´ter-us]
icterus neonato´rum jaundice in newborn children.
icterus ne·o·na·to·rum (n   -n -tôr  m)n. See jaundice of newborn. |
icterus neonatorum,
a jaundiced condition in a newborn.
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.
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