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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. xanthomas or xanthomata) Med. 1 a skin disease characterized by irregular yellow patches. 2 such a patch. Etymology: as XANTHIC + -OMA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Xanthoma Xan*tho"ma, n. [NL. See Xantho-, and -oma.] (Med.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also xanthelasma.