retention jaundice

jaundice /jaun·dice/ (jawn´dis) icterus; yellowness of the skin, scleras, mucous membranes, and excretions due to hyperbilirubinemia and deposition of bile pigments.

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acholuric jaundice  jaundice without bilirubinemia, associated with elevated unconjugated bilirubin that is not excreted by the kidney.

acholuric familial jaundice  hereditary spherocytosis.

breast milk jaundice  elevated unconjugated bilirubin in some breast-fed infants due to the presence of 5-β-pregnane-3-α-20-β-diol in breast milk, which inhibits glucuronyl transferase conjugating activity, or to dehydration.

cholestatic jaundice  that resulting from abnormal bile flow in the liver.

hemolytic jaundice  that due to increased production of bilirubin from hemoglobin under conditions causing accelerated degradation of erythrocytes.

hepatocellular jaundice  that due to injury to or disease of liver cells.

hepatogenic jaundice , hepatogenous jaundice that due to disease or disorder of the liver.

leptospiral jaundice  Weil's syndrome.

mechanical jaundice  obstructive j.

neonatal jaundice , jaundice of the newborn icterus neonatorum.

nuclear jaundice  kernicterus.

obstructive jaundice  that due to blocking of bile flow.

physiologic jaundice  mild icterus neonatorum lasting the first few days of life.

retention jaundice  that due to inability of the liver to dispose of the bilirubin provided by the circulating blood.

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retention jaundice

n.

Jaundice caused by an inability of the liver to secrete enough bile pigment or by an overproduction of bile pigment.

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jaundice (jändis),

n a condition characterized by an abnormal accumulation of bilirubin (red bile pigment) in the blood and manifested by a yellowish discoloration of the skin, mucous membranes, and cornea. It presents with hemolytic anemias, biliary obstruction, hepatitis, cholangiolitis, and cirrhosis of the liver. Oral mucosa may be pigmented.

Jaundice.

jaundice, acholuric

(ak´lr´ik),
n a type without bile in the urine.

jaundice, congenital hemolytic

(knjen´itl hē´mlit´ik), (acholuric icterus, spherocytic anemia, hereditary spherocytosis) (sfer´ōsītō´sis),
n a familial hemolytic anemia transmitted as a Mendelian dominant trait. The intrinsic defects of the red blood cells include a spheroidal shape, which allows them to be trapped by the spleen, and increased mechanical fragility.

jaundice, epidemic,

n See disease, Weil's.

jaundice, hemolytic (prehepatic jaundice),

n excess bile pigments in the blood resulting from increased destruction of erythrocytes.

jaundice, hepatic,

n See jaundice, hepatocellular.

jaundice, hepatocellular (hepatic jaundice, infective jaundice, medical jaundice, toxic jaundice),

n a type resulting from disease of liver cells by infectious agents or toxins, decreasing the ability of the liver to handle the bile pigments that are continually produced by the destruction of red blood cells.

jaundice, homologous serum,

n See hepatitis, homologous serum.

jaundice, infective,

n See jaundice, hepatocellular.

jaundice, latent,

n increased bilirubin in the blood without clinical signs of jaundice.

jaundice, medical,

n See jaundice, hepatocellular.

jaundice, obstructive (posthepatic jaundice),

n extrahepatic and intrahepatic obstruction of the biliary tract, resulting in retrograde retention of bile pigments and jaundice.

jaundice, posthepatic,

n See jaundice, obstructive.

jaundice, prehepatic,

n See jaundice, hemolytic.

jaundice, regurgitating,

n jaundice resulting from reentry of conjugated bilirubin into the blood as a result of obstruction of the biliary tract or hepatocellular damage and failure to excrete conjugated bilirubin from liver cells.

jaundice, retention,

n an increase in bilirubin in the blood from hemolysis; failure of the liver cells to conjugate bilirubin or remove free bilirubin.

jaundice, surgical,

n extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary tract.

jaundice, syringe,

n See hepatitis, homologous serum.

jaundice, toxic,

n See jaundice, hepatocellular.