See Also: xanthoma(dictionary)
Xanthoma(medicine)
Xanthoma(health)
Eruptive xanthoma(health)
xanthoma tuberosum(medicine)
xanthoma planum(medicine)
xanthoma palpebrarum(medicine)
xanthoma multiplex(medicine)
xanthoma disseminatum(medicine)
xanthoma diabeticorum(medicine)

physostegia (iou) and xanthoma (iou)


physostegia (iou)



physostegia noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek phusa bladder + stege roof, with ref. to the inflated calyx of the fruiting plant.]
Any of various N. American labiate plants constituting the genus Physostegia, with spikes of pink or white flowers; esp. the obedient plant, P. virginiana.

xanthoma (iou)



xanthoma noun. . M19.
[from XANTHO- + -OMA.]
Medicine. A condition characterized by the formation of yellowish patches or nodules on the skin due to deposition of lipids. Now usu., such a patch or nodule.
xanthoma'tosis noun, pl. -toses , a metabolic disorder marked by the accumulation of lipids in the blood and the presence of multiple and widespread xanthomas E20.
xanthomatous adjective pertaining to or of the Nature of xanthoma E20.