xanthomatosis

xanthomatosis
xan·tho·ma·to·sis (zăn'thō-mə-tōʹsĭs) n.
A metabolic disorder characterized by excessive accumulation of lipids in the body and a resulting spread of xanthomas.
  [New Latin xanthōma, xanthōmat-, xanthoma (xantho- + -oma) + -osis.]

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