kernicterus
noun
ker·nic·ter·us
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Medical Definition of kernicterus
: a condition marked by the deposit of bile pigments in the nuclei of the brain and spinal cord and by degeneration of nerve cells that occurs usually in infants as a part of the syndrome of erythroblastosis fetalis
Other Words from kernicterus
kernicteric
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adjective