Xanthoma, eruptive
Xanthoma that is linked to lipid disorders and is accompanied by a pink-to-red raised rash.
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A type of xanthoma that is characterized by flat yellow-to-orange patches or pimples that cluster together on the skin.
- Xanthomatosis
A condition in which fatty deposits occur in various parts of the body. These fatty deposits are called xanthomas or xanthomata and appear as yellowish firm nodules in the skin. Xanthomas are in themselves a harmless growth of tissue. However, they frequently indicate the presence of underlying diseases such as diabetes and disorders of fats […]
- Xanthopsia
A form of chromatopsia, a visual abnormality in which objects look as though they have been overpainted with an unnatural color. In xanthopsia, that color is yellow.
- Xanthosis
Yellowing of the skin without yellowing of the eyes. In jaundice there is yellowing of both the skin and the whites of the eyes. Xanthosis is associated sometimes with malignancies.
- Xeno- (prefix)
Xenoantigen — An antigen that is found in more than one species. Xenograft — A surgical graft of tissue from one species an unlike species, genus or family. Xenotransplantation — Transplantation from one species to a foreign one, e.g., the heart transplant from a baboon to Baby Fae in 1984 in Loma Linda, California. Xenotropic […]