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xanthomyeloma en · NOUN

Etymology

From xantho- + myeloma.

Meanings

1. A lipid-filled myeloma associated primarily with tendon sheaths.
   • The complete absence of fat from the tumour seemed to show that it differed from a xanthomyeloma of a tendon sheath. 1925, Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain), Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, page 17:
   • Xanthomyelomas are in most cases connected with tendon sheaths and constitute the commonest type of tendon-sheath tumor. 1924, International Medical and Surgical Survey, page 650:

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