See Also: jaundice of the newborn(medicine)
newborn jaundice(medicine)
Newborn jaundice(health)
newborn(dictionary)
newborn(medicine)
postnatal pit of the newborn(medicine)
leukocytosis of the newborn(medicine)
newborn screening(medicine)
infant, newborn(medicine)
haemolytic anaemia of newborn(medicine)

Newborn jaundice (health)


The yellowing of a newborn's skin, usually beginning on the second or thirdday after birth and lasting a week to ten days. Caused by the immaturity ofthe newborn's systems, jaundice is common, with more than half of newbornshaving the disorder.