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/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪs/ · noun
(pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine..
Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, / Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter? / Sleepe when he wakes? and creep into the Iaundies / By being peeuiſh?
But look in this new mirror, lovely friend. / Both gods and fairies wait on lovers' wills. / That jaundices be changed to daffodils!
In British folk medicine there are some unusual remedies for jaundice. A bizarre superstition from Staffordshire is that if a bladder is filled with the patient's urine and placed near the fire, as it dries out, the patient will recover (Black 1883: 56).
Just ask the doctors how many cases of infantile jaundice in newborn babies have this scene that particular week?
No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]
The envy of wealth jaundiced his soul.
Use jaundice when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jaundice means (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine..
Common synonyms include icterus, bitterness, acrimony, acerbity.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Why ſhould a man whoſe bloud is warme within, / Sit like his Grandſire, cut in Alabaſter? / Sleepe when he wakes? and creep into the Iaundies / By being peeuiſh?
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