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- noun medicine The
yellowish appearance ofcerebrospinal fluid that accompanies certain conditions, especiallysubarachnoid hemorrhage .
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Jed Rothstein correctly spelled 'xanthochromia' to land a spot in the national competition June 2-4 in Washington, D.C. Rothstein beat two other contestants left in the 19th round of competition Tuesday afternoon at the Minnesota Multi-Regional State Spelling Bee in Fergus Falls.
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Jed Rothstein correctly spelled xanthochromia to land a spot in the national competition June
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A spinal tap was considered to be traumatic if the cerebrospinal fluid sample had a red blood cell count of at least 500 cells / mL without xanthochromia.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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