A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the
   eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation,
   uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general
   languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the
   biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile,
   which is then absorbed into the blood.