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icteremia

noun

Etymology

From icter + -emia.

  1. derived from ἴκτερος — “jaundice”
  2. borrowed from icterus
  3. suffixed as icteremia — “icterus + emia”

Definitions

  1. The presence of bile in the blood.

    • A condition of so-called icteremia or cholemia then becomes manifest.

  2. The presence of bilirubin in the blood.

    • Lipemia and icteremia (elevated bilirubin) can inhibit optical readings and falsely decrease values. Reaction of picric acid with bilirubin can be minimized by treatment with ferricyanide or small amounts of surfactant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for icteremia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA