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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

The acute form of the illness, Weil's disease, can cause jaundice and even kidney failure.

From BBC ● May 28, 2025

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

But this just being short of jaundice all the time confused them.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

One of the things you write early in the book is that he really had a jaundiced view of nostalgia.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

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

A swathe of dirty yellow sponge spilled out and shivered on the backseat like an immense jaundiced liver.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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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