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English
Noun
Kernikterus (uncountable)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of kernicterus
German
Etymology
Kern (“nucleus”) + Ikterus (“jaundice”), first attested in 1903.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: Kern‧ik‧te‧rus
Noun
Kernikterus m (strong, genitive Kernikterus, no plural)
- (pathology) kernicterus
- Synonym: Bilirubinenzephalopathie
- 1954, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kinderheilkunde und Kinderfürsorge X–XI, page 363:
Innerhalb der letzten 7 bis 8 Jahre hat sich die Frequenz der an Kernicterus verstorbenen Neugeborenen innerhalb der beiden größten ätiologischen Gruppen, nämlich der Frühgeburtskernicteri und der serologisch bedingten Kernicteri, fast ausschließlich auf die Seite der ersteren verschoben.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Kernikterus
Descendants