xan·tho·chroid  (zān'thə-kroid')  adj. Having a light complexion and light hair. n. A person having a light complexion and light hair. [New Latin Xanthōchroi, yellow-haired, fair-skinned people (a subdivision in a classification of varieties of humans by Thomas H. Huxley : Greek xantho-, xantho- + Greek ōkhroi, pl. of ōkhros, pale) + -oid.] xan'tho·chro'ic (-krō'ĭk) adj. |