XANTHOMA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("xanthoma" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "xanthoma"):

xanthelasma (xanthoma of the eyelids; occurs chiefly in the elderly)

xanthoma disseminatum (rare chronic xanthoma of adults in which orange or brownish papules develop on many surfaces of the body)

cholesterosis cutis; lipid granulomatosis; lipoid granulomatosis; xanthoma multiplex; xanthomatosis (widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees); often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism)

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