Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a yellowish discoloration, especially that sometimes seen in cancerous tumors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology A
yellowish discolouration oftissues undergoingdegeneration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin
Etymologies
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From xantho- + -osis.
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In a notecard offered there, Alpha explains: "Citrinitas, or sometimes referred to as xanthosis is a term given by 15th and 16th century alchemists to "yellowness."
Archive 2008-05-01 Bettina Tizzy 2008
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In a notecard offered there, Alpha explains: "Citrinitas, or sometimes referred to as xanthosis is a term given by 15th and 16th century alchemists to "yellowness."
Syncretia revisited - Exhuberant elegance Bettina Tizzy 2008
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After that such words as xanthosis, vivisepulture, autochonous, ursprache and serrifine, to name a few, were winning words.
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