icteremia

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English

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Etymology

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From icter +‎ -emia.

Noun

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icteremia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The presence of bile in the blood.
    • 1904, Western Surgical Association, Transactions of the Western Surgical Association. ...: Annual Meeting ..., page 283:
      A condition of so-called icteremia or cholemia then becomes manifest.
  2. (medicine) The presence of bilirubin in the blood.
    • 2021 June 9, Richard A. McPherson, Matthew R. Pincus, Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 457:
      Lipemia and icteremia (elevated bilirubin) can inhibit optical readings and falsely decrease values. Reaction of picric acid with bilirubin can be minimized by treatment with ferricyanide or small amounts of surfactant.
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