English Explanatory Dictionary

biliblanket

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various light-emitting blankets that are used for home treatment of jaundice in infants.

Word forms

biliblanket biliblankets

Etymology

Blend of bilirubin + blanket, originally a brand name, BiliBlanket, trademarked by General Electric's Datex Ohmeda subsidiary, coined in the early 1990s.

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