jaundice of the newborn
- noun
- /ˈdʒɔːndɪs əv ðə ˈnuːbɔrn/
- Specialized
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ictericia neonatal
- The yellowish tint of his skin was due to jaundice of the newborn, which resolved naturally.
Examples
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Many infants experience jaundice of the newborn shortly after birth and typically recover without treatment.
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Physicians monitor babies for signs of jaundice of the newborn in the first week after birth.
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Parents are often reassured that jaundice of the newborn usually disappears on its own within a couple of weeks.
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The baby was diagnosed with jaundice of the newborn.
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Many infants experience jaundice of the newborn shortly after birth.
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Parents are often reassured that jaundice of the newborn usually disappears on its own within a couple of weeks.
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Physicians monitor babies for signs of jaundice of the newborn in the first week after birth.
Synonyms
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7.4
Yellowing of the skin and eye whites that shows a liver problem
A common harmless yellowing of a baby's skin and eyes from an immature liver that goes away
A yellow colour on a newborn baby's skin and eyes that goes away after a few days
A high level of bilirubin in a newborn's blood that makes the skin and eyes yellow
How Severe
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply combines 'jaundice' (yellow discoloration) with 'newborn' (infant), with 'of the' marking the affected group, so the meaning — jaundice occurring in newborn infants — is directly compositional. This is a regular English noun phrase pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Jaundice of the newborn comes from the word jaundice, an old word for 'yellow'. It was used because some babies have a yellow skin color after birth, so the phrase means 'a yellowish appearance in newborn infants'.