different between icterus vs icteric

English

Etymology

From the Latin icterus, from the Ancient Greek ??????? (íkteros, “jaundice”).

Noun

icterus (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
2. A yellowish appearance in plants.

Derived terms

• icteric

Translations

Anagrams

• crustie, curiets, curites, curse it

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ??????? (íkteros, “jaundice”, “a bird of a yellowish-green colour, perhaps the golden oriole”), of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly related to ????? (íktis, “weasel”), ??????? (íktînos), or of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ik.te.rus/, [??kt????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ik.te.rus/, [?ikt???us]

Noun

icterus m (genitive icter?); second declension

1. a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice; perhaps loriot, golden oriole

Usage notes

• The Latin word that translates the English words jaundice and icterus is aur?g?.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• icteri?s
• ictericus

Descendants

• English: icterus
• German: Ikterus

References

• ict?rus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ict?rus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 765/1

English

Alternative forms

• icterical (dated)

Etymology

From icterus (“jaundice”) +? -ic, or Latin ictericus.

Adjective

icteric (comparative more icteric, superlative most icteric)

1. (medicine) Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae of the eyes, or other parts of the body.
2. Relating to jaundice.

Usage notes

• Jaundiced is more commonly used than icteric.
• Icteric should not be confused with ictal, a reference to a physiological state or event such as a seizure, stroke, or headache.

Noun

icteric (plural icterics)

1. A medicine for jaundice.

See also

• icteric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jaundice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

From French ictérique

Adjective

icteric m or n (feminine singular icteric?, masculine plural icterici, feminine and neuter plural icterice)

1. icteric

Declension