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noun
A small, yellow nodule, rich in cholesterol and other lipids, that occurs in the skin, often near a joint
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder
Narrower terms: xanthelasma, xanthoma disseminatum, xanthomatosis, xanthoma multiplex, cholesterosis cutis, lipid granulomatosis, lipoid granulomatosis
History
Etymology tree English xanth- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English xanthoma From xanth- + -oma.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
