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.

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  • noun pathology A yellowish discolouration of tissues undergoing degeneration.

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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Examples

  • 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."

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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

  • After that such words as xanthosis, vivisepulture, autochonous, ursprache and serrifine, to name a few, were winning words.

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