Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jaundice_of_the_newborn

1 sense of jaundice of the newborn

Sense 1
jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn, icterus neonatorum -- (yellowish appearance in newborn infants; usually subsides spontaneously)
       => jaundice, icterus -- (yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia)