XANTHOMA DISSEMINATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xanthoma disseminatum mean? 

• XANTHOMA DISSEMINATUM (noun)
  The noun XANTHOMA DISSEMINATUM has 1 sense:

1. rare chronic xanthoma of adults in which orange or brownish papules develop on many surfaces of the body

  Familiarity information: XANTHOMA DISSEMINATUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XANTHOMA DISSEMINATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rare chronic xanthoma of adults in which orange or brownish papules develop on many surfaces of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("xanthoma disseminatum" is a kind of...):

xanthoma (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)