Difference between Jaundice and Sallow

What is the difference between Jaundice and Sallow?

Jaundice as a noun is a morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. it is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease. the discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration. while Sallow as a noun is a european willow, salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

Jaundice

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the feces, constipation, queasiness, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood. Other causes include increased hemolysis and any liver disease. The discoloration is caused by accumulation of bilirubin in the body; bilirubin is normally excreted in bile to give feces their normal yellow-brown coloration.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice.

Sallow

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a grayish, yellow-green huedirty, murky

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A European willow, Salix caprea, that has broad leaves, large catkins and tough wood.

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