icteremia en · NOUN
Etymology
From icter + -emia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The presence of bile in the blood.
A condition of so-called icteremia or cholemia then becomes manifest.
1904, Western Surgical Association, Transactions of the Western Surgical Association. ...: Annual Meeting ..., page 283:
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(uncountable) The presence of bilirubin in the blood.
Lipemia and icteremia (elevated bilirubin) can inhibit optical readings and falsely decrease values. Reaction of picric acid with bilirubin can be minimized by treatment with ferricyanide or small amounts of surfactant.
2021 June 9, Richard A. McPherson, Matthew R. Pincus, Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 457: