Medical Definition of Icterus index

1. The value that indicates the relative level of bilirubin in serum or plasma; calculated by comparing (in a colourimeter) the intensity of the colour of the specimen with that of a standard solution (potassium dichromate, 0.05 g, in 500 ml of water, plus 0.2 ml of sulfuric acid); the normal range is 3 to 5, and values greater than 15 are usually associated with clinically apparent jaundice; an index less than 3 is observed in various examples of secondary anaemia, aplastic anaemia, and chlorosis. Sometimes erroneously called icteric index: it is an index of jaundice, not a jaundiced index. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Icterus Index

icterids
icterine
icteritious
icteritous
ictero-
icteroanaemia
icterogenic
icterohematuric
icterohemoglobinuria
icterohemolytic anaemia
icterohemorrhagic fever
icterohepatitis
icteroid
icterus
icterus gravis
icterus index (current term)
icterus melas
icterus praecox
icteruses
icthyoid
icthyoids
ictic
ictodosaur
ictometer
ictus
ictus cordis
ictus epilepticus
ictus solis
ictuses

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