kernicterus

Meaning

Noun

Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).

Related

Similar words

bilirubinencephalopathy

Origin

An adaptation of the German Kernikterus (from Kern + Ikterus; first attested in 1903), decapitalised and respelt after icterus.

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