yellow atrophies

A form of yellow atrophy — A fatal condition of the liver in which it undergoes fatty degeneration and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of yellow atrophy
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