| icterus melas | A form in which the skin assumes a dirty dark brown colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| icterus neonatorum | 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) |
| icterus praecox | A relatively innocent but rapidly developing type of jaundice with mild anaemia in the newborn, most frequently caused by ABO incompatibility between mother and foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ictometer | An apparatus for determining the force of the apex beat of the heart. Origin: L. Ictus, stroke, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| ictus | 1. <medicine> A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. 2. The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis. Origin: L, fr. Icere, ictum, to strike. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ictus cordis | A complete cardiac cycle, including spread of the electrical impulse and the consequent mechanical contraction. Synonym: ictus cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ictus epilepticus | An epileptic convulsion. Ictus paralyticus, a paralytic stroke. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ictus solis | <medicine> Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ICU psychosis | Psychotic episode(s), classically occurring in coronary care patients, occurring within 24 hours after entering the ICU in individuals with no previous history of psychosis; related to sleep deprivation, overstimulation in the ICU, and time spent on life support systems, and should be distinguished from exacerbation of a pre-existing psychosis or an organic psychosis such as delirium. (05 Mar 2000) |