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Xanthomatosis

Definition: Xanthomatosis

Xanthomatosis

Noun

1. Widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees); often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism.

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Specialty Definition: Xanthomatosis

DomainDefinition

Health

A condition of morphologic change in which there is accumulation of lipids in the large foam cells of tissues. It is the cutaneous manifestation of lipidosis in which plasma fatty acids and lipoproteins are quantitatively changed. The xanthomatous eruptions have several different distinct morphologies dependent upon the specific form taken by the disease. (references)

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Synonyms: Xanthomatosis

Synonyms: cholesterosis cutis (n), lipid granulomatosis (n), lipoid granulomatosis (n), xanthoma multiplex (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Xanthomatosis

Specialty definitions using "xanthomatosis": Diabetes Mellitus, LipoatrophicWolman Disease. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Xanthomatosis

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Health

Specific leukodystrophies include metachromatic leukodystrophy, Krabbe leukodystrophy, adrenoleukodystrophy, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, Canavan disease, Alexander disease, Zellweger syndrome, Refsum disease, and cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis. (references)

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Expression: Xanthomatosis

Expression using "xanthomatosis": xanthomatosis corneae. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Xanthomatosis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

xanthomatosis cerebrotendinous

3

xanthomatosis

2

eruptive xanthomatosis

2
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Modern Translation: Xanthomatosis

Language Translations for "xanthomatosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

fedtdegeneration (adipose degeneration, dystrophia adiposa corneae, fatty degeneration, steatosis, steatosis corneae, xanthomatosis corneae). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

dystrophia adiposa corneae (dystrophia adiposa corneae, steatosis corneae, xanthomatosis corneae). (various references)

   

French

  

dégénérescence graisseuse de la cornée (xanthomatosis corneae). (various references)

   

German

  

Dystrophia adiposa corneae (dystrophia adiposa corneae, steatosis corneae, xanthomatosis corneae). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

כתממת (xanthosis). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anthomatosisxay

   

Spanish

  

xantomatosis de la córnea (dystrophia adiposa corneae, steatosis corneae, xanthomatosis corneae), distrofia adiposa de la córnea (dystrophia adiposa corneae, steatosis corneae, xanthomatosis corneae). (various references)

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Anagrams: Xanthomatosis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-m-n-o-o-s-s-t-t-x"

-2 letters: taxonomists.

-3 letters: anatomists, taxonomist.

-4 letters: anatomist, antiatoms, ostinatos, shamanist, taxations, xanthomas.

-5 letters: amotions, anosmias, antiatom, astonish, atomists, mahonias, manihots, mantissa, ostinato, ottomans, satanism, satanist, shaitans, staminas, stasimon, stations, taxation, thanatos, xanthoma.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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