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jaundice

[jawn-dis, jahn-] / ˈdʒɔn dɪs, ˈdʒɑn- /


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As the Aedes aegypti mosquito expanded its range across more of the Americas, it brought with it the delirium, jaundice, and aching joints of yellow fever.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

By the time a patient experiences signs, such as jaundice – a yellowing of the skin – or abdominal pain, the cancer has often already spread to other organs.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2026

Among adults, infection usually results in symptoms, with jaundice occurring in more than 70% of patients, according to the CDC.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2025

Margaret Georgiou, 72, went to see her GP in early December suffering from bloating and jaundice.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2025

She examined him, observed his fever, his red eyes, his jaundice, his abdominal pain, and came up with nothing definite, but wondered if he had gallstones or a liver abscess.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

And thus they go on to the end of their term of life, full of their own fixed ideas, with their eyes full of beams and jaundices and darkness and death. 

From Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) by Alexander Whyte

In summary, we are viewing the failure of SPX to be able to convincingly push through to new all-time highs with a jaundiced eye.

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

Mr. Coen’s view of the contemporary dating scene seems both jaundiced and out of touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 23, 2025

The first four made a point of swapping directors and moods and even Ethan’s core identity: Brian De Palma made him a jaundiced naif; John Woo, a hot-blooded flirt; J.J.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

From my more jaundiced view, however, the experience sounds more like an emotional roller coaster designed to sap constructive energy.

From Salon Jan. 19, 2025

And the long, aggressive, yellowy stigma jutting from the center is like a jaundiced old man's finger.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

It was a clash of temperaments hopelessly at odds, in which the spoken word weighed little beside the mute antipathy jaundicing the mind.

From The Henchman by Mark Lee Luther




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