yellow atrophy

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounyellow atrophy (usually uncountable, plural yellow atrophies)

plural yellow atrophies

  1. uncountableusuallyA 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.
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APA

yellow atrophy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20atrophy

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“yellow atrophy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20atrophy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow atrophy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20atrophy.

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