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Definition of Icterus neonatorum

1. Noun. Yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously.

Medical Definition of Icterus neonatorum

1. Icterus which can be accentuated by many factors including excessive haemolysis, sepsis, neonatal hepatitis or congenital atresia of the biliary system. Synonym: physiologic icterus, jaundice of the newborn, neonatal jaundice, physiologic jaundice. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Icterus neonatorum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler, Thomas McCrae (1916)
"Two special affections may here receive consideration, the icterus of the new-born and acute yellow atrophy. П. icterus neonatorum New-born infants are ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children by Alfred Vogel (1873)
"True icterus neonatorum is therefore to be regarded as a local condition or complication of phlebitis umbilicalis; it is not, however, possible to maintain ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"(d) icterus neonatorum Jaundice in the newly born may be either (1) ... Physiologic icterus, or the usual icterus neonatorum, also known as yellow gum, ..."

4. Pediatrics: The Hygienic and Medical Treatment of Children by Thomas Morgan Rotch (1895)
"SCORBUTUS.—Nothing distinctive has as yet been found in the blood examinations which have been made in cases of infantile scorbutus. icterus neonatorum. ..."

5. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1913)
"icterus neonatorum. New-born animals, especially calves and foals, sometimes show symptoms of jaundice a few days after birth and exceptionally they are ..."

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