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|Term=jaundice
|Term=jaundice
|Short definition=Jakafi (JA-kah-fy) A drug used to treat adults with certain types of primary myelofibrosis (MF), post-polycythemia vera MF, post-essential thrombocythemia MF, or polycythemia vera, and adults and Children 12 years and older with acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease. It is also being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. 
|Short definition=jaundice (JAWN-dis) A condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow, the urine turns darker, and the color of the stool turns lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked 
|Type=Cancer terms
|Type=Cancer terms
|Specialty=Oncology
|Specialty=Oncology

Latest revision as of 11:09, 10 January 2023

Jaundice
TermJaundice
Short definitionjaundice (JAWN-dis) A condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow, the urine turns darker, and the color of the stool turns lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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jaundice - (pronounced) (JAWN-dis) A condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow, the urine turns darker, and the color of the stool turns lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked

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