Medical Dictionary
kernicterus
noun ker·nic·ter·us \kər-ˈnik-tə-rəs\
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
—ker·nic·ter·ic \-rik\ adjective
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