Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellowish-orange, lipid-filled nodule or papule in the skin, often on an eyelid or over a joint.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A connective-tissue new growth in the skin, forming soft yellow patches, either flat (xanthoma planum) or tuberculated (xanthoma tuberosum).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also
xanthelasma .
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- noun medicine A small, yellow
nodule , rich incholesterol and otherlipids , that occurs in theskin , often near a joint
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a case of Sangster, reported by Politzer, although most of the dermoids, as usual, were like fibroma-nodules and therefore the color of normal skin, those over the mastoid processes and clavicle were lemon-yellow, and were generally thought to be xanthoma until they were excised, and Politzer found they were typical dermoid cysts with the usual contents of degenerated epithelium and hair.
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In a case of Sangster, reported by Politzer, although most of the dermoids, as usual, were like fibroma-nodules and therefore the color of normal skin, those over the mastoid processes and clavicle were lemon-yellow, and were generally thought to be xanthoma until they were excised, and Politzer found they were typical dermoid cysts with the usual contents of degenerated epithelium and hair.
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#Describe the clinical appearances of xanthoma planum.
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#Describe the clinical appearances of xanthoma tuberosum.
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(_Synonyms: _ Vitiligoidea; Xanthelasma.) #What is xanthoma?
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The macular or flat (_xanthoma planum_) and the tubercular (_xanthoma tuberculatum_ or _tuberosum_).
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In some cases (_xanthoma diabeticorum_) of general xanthoma diabetes is the causative factor.
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In that form of general xanthoma due to diabetes the treatment of this latter condition will materially and sometimes completely remove the eruption.
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(_xanthoma multiplex_) are seen in the same individual.
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A xanthoma (or xanthomata or xanthomatosis) (from Greek xanthos,??????,
sonofgroucho commented on the word xanthoma
See also xanthelasma.
December 1, 2007