xanthoma

American  

[zan-thoh-muh] / zænˈθoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

xanthomas, plural xanthomata plural

1. a yellow papule or nodule in the skin, containing lipid deposits.

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xanthoma British  

/ zænˈθəʊmə /

noun

1. pathol the presence in the skin of fatty yellow or brownish plaques or nodules, esp on the eyelids, caused by a disorder of lipid metabolism

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• xanthomas
  plural
• xanthomata
  plural

Etymology

Origin of xanthoma

First recorded in 1875–80; xanth- + -oma

Example Sentences

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xanthoma

In that form of general xanthoma due to diabetes the treatment of this latter condition will materially and sometimes completely remove the eruption.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman