Kernicterus Definition

noun

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

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Noun

Singular:
kernicterus
Plural:
kernicteruses

Origin of Kernicterus

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

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Kernicterus Sentence Examples

  • Levels between 20 and 30 mg/dL associated with prematurity and hemolytic disease may increase the risk of kernicterus.

  • Kernicterus is still relatively uncommon but has been on the rise with the mandated early postnatal discharge policies.

  • In the past Rhesus (Rh) blood factor incompatibility between the mother and child was a major cause of kernicterus.

  • If hyperbilirubinemia cannot be controlled, the baby develops kernicterus.

  • The term kernicterus means that bilirubin is being deposited in the brain, possibly causing permanent damage.

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