xanthomyeloma

English

Etymology

xantho- +‎ myeloma

Noun

xanthomyeloma (plural xanthomyelomas or xanthomyelomata)

1. (pathology, oncology) A lipid-filled myeloma associated primarily with tendon sheaths.
   • 1924, International Medical and Surgical Survey, page 650:

     Xanthomyelomas are in most cases connected with tendon sheaths and constitute the commonest type of tendon-sheath tumor.

   • 1925, Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain), Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, page 17:

     The complete absence of fat from the tumour seemed to show that it differed from a xanthomyeloma of a tendon sheath.

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• xanthoma