Main Entry: ker·nic·ter·us

Pronunciation: \kər-ˈnik-tə-rəs\

Function: noun

: 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