Medical Terminology / Unit 10 MedTerm 0619 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Jaundice
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The idea
Jaundice is a yellow discolouration of the skin and eyes from bile pigment in the blood.
In practice
Jaundice is also named icterus in some records.
Where people slip
Jaundice is an observed colour, as cyanosis is. Neither names a cause.
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