| II | icterus index; image intensification or intensifier; Roman numeral two |
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| IN | icterus neonatorum; impetigo neonatorum; incidence; incompatibility number; infundibular nucleus; in... |
| IP | icterus praecox; imaging plate; immune precipitate; immunoblastic plasma; immunoperoxidase technique... |
| physiologic icterus | 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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| congenital haemolytic icterus | <haematology> A hereditary disorder that leads to a chronic haemolytic anaemia due to an abnormality in the red blood cell membrane. This disorder is caused by a defective gene. Red cells are resistant to stress and rupture easily. Infants may appear jaundiced and pale. Fatigue, weakness and shortness of breath are other symptoms that may be seen in older patients. The spleen may also be enlarged. Treatment includes splenectomy (removal of the spleen). After this is accomplished the life-span of the red blood cells returns to normal. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cythemolytic icterus | Icterus caused by absorption of bile produced in excess through stimulation by free haemoglobin caused by the destruction of red blood corpuscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| icterus | <clinical sign> The presence of jaundice seen in the sclera of the eye. (29 Sep 1997) |
| icterus gravis | Jaundice associated with high fever and delirium; seen in severe hepatitis and other diseases of the liver with severe functional failure. Synonym: malignant jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| icterus index | 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) |
| icterus melas | A form in which the skin assumes a dirty dark brown colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |
| infectious icterus | A severe form of leptospirosis caused by leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagica and transmitted to man by the rat. (12 Dec 1998) |