The occurrence of patches of yellow color in the skin, resembling xanthoma, but without the nodules or plates. SYN: xanthoderma (1), yellow disease, yellow skin (1). [xantho- + G. chroma, color]
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xan·tho·chro·mia .zan-thə-'krō-mē-ə n xanthochromic discoloration
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n.
yellow discoloration, such as may affect the skin (for example, in jaundice) or the cerebrospinal fluid (when it contains the breakdown products of haemoglobin from red blood cells that have entered it).
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xan·tho·chro·mia (zan″tho-kroґme-ə) [xantho- + chrom- + -ia] any yellowish discoloration, as of the cerebrospinal fluid or skin. xanthochromatic, xanthochromic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.