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Portrait of Thomas Davidson Thomas Davidson Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1908… (1908)

Xanthochroi, zan-thok′roi, n.pl. one of the five groups of men, according to Huxley and other ethnologists, comprising the fair whites.—n. Xanthochroi′a, a yellow discolouration of the skin.—adjs. Xanthochrō′ic, Xanthoch′rōous. [Formed through L. from Gr. xanthos, yellow, chroa, skin.]
Xanthoma, zan-thō′ma, n. a skin disease consisting of a growth of flat or tuberculated yellowish patches, often on the eyelids.—adj. Xanthoma′atous.
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Portrait of Thomas Davidson Thomas Davidson Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary 1908… (1908)

Xanthopsy, zan′thop-si, n. a kind of colour-blindness in which everything looks yellowish.
Xanthosis, zan-thō′sis, n. the formation of a yellowish pigment in the areolar or muscular tissue, discolouring the skin—esp. in cancerous tumours.
Xanthous, zan′thus, adj. yellow. [Gr. xanthos, yellow.]
Xanthoxylum, zan-thok′si-lum, n. a genus of the Rutaceæ, comprising over one hundred species, of which many are found in Brazil and the West Indies—the Prickly Ash or Toothache-tree. [Formed from Gr. xanthos, yellow, xylon, wood.]
Xanthura, zan-thū′ra, n. a genus of American jays, with yellow tail.
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