xanthoma

American

[zan-thoh-muh] / zænˈθoʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

xanthomas, xanthomata

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

xanthoma British

/ zænˈθəʊmə /

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of xanthoma

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

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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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