Xanthemia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The occurrence of yellow matter in the blood. uncountable

    "Among the latter, incipient nephritis and metabolic anomalies, as xanthemia, arthritis uritica, oxaluria are common."

  2. 2
    excess carotene in the blood stream; can cause the skin to turn a pale yellow or red color wordnet
  3. 3
    The occurrence of yellow skin uncountable

    "False jaundice or carotenemia (xanthemia) is an unusual and abnormal yellowness of the human skin, sometimes actually appearing in the sweat, resulting from the ingestion of carotenoid-rich food such as carrots, oranges or yellow cucurbits in large quantities over protracted periods."

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carotenemiacarotenemia

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"Among the latter, incipient nephritis and metabolic anomalies, as xanthemia, arthritis uritica, oxaluria are common."

Etymology

From xanth- + -emia.

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