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XANTHOMA
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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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