xanthoma

[ zan-thoh-muh ]

noun,plural xan·tho·mas, xan·tho·ma·ta [zan-thoh-muh-tuh]. /zænˈθoʊ mə tə/. Pathology.
  1. a yellow papule or nodule in the skin, containing lipid deposits.

Origin of xanthoma

1
First recorded in 1875–80; xanth- + -oma

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British Dictionary definitions for xanthoma

xanthoma

/ (zænˈθəʊmə) /


noun
  1. 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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