xantho-comb. form

xantharsenite n. , Mineralogy a mineral allied to chondrarsenite, occurring in sulphur-yellow masses.

xanthocarpous adj. , [Greek καρπός fruit] Botany having yellow fruit.

xanthochromatic adj. , , ,

xanthochromia n. , [Greek χρῶμα colour] Medicine (a) (see quot. 1894); = xanthochroia n. at Xanthochroi n. Derivatives; (b) a yellowish discoloration of the cerebrospinal fluid as a result of haemorrhage in the spinal cord or brain.

xanthochromic adj. ,

xanthocomic adj. , [Greek κόμη hair] yellow-haired.Apparently an isolated use.

xanthocone n. , (also ˈxanthocon) [ < German xanthokon (Breithaupt, 1840), < Greek κόνις dust] Mineralogy an arseniosulphide of silver, of a dull red or brown colour, yellow when pulverized.

xanthoconite n. , Mineralogy = xanthocone n.

xanthocyanopsy n. , = xanthocyanopy n.

xanthocyanopy n. , , (also xantho'kyanopy) [Greek κύανος blue + ὄψις, ὠπή sight] Pathology a form of colour-blindness in which yellow and blue are the only colours discerned.

xanthoderm n. , (also ˈXanthoderm) [Greek δέρμα skin] a person of Eastern Asian descent.

xanthoderma n. , [modern Latin, < Greek δέρμα skin] Pathology yellowness of the skin.

xanthodermia n. , Pathology = xanthoderma n.

xanthodont n. , Zoology

xanthodontous adj. , [ < Greek ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth] Zoology having yellow teeth, as certain rodents.

xanthometer n. , [-meter comb. form²] an instrument for determining the colour of sea or lake water by comparison with a scale of different-coloured solutions.

xanthopathia n. , (also xanˈthopathy) [Greek -πάθεια -pathy comb. form] Pathology = xanthoderma n.

xanthophore n. , [ < German xanthophor (R. Keller 1895, in Arch. f. Physiol. LXI. 148): see -phore comb. form] Zoology a cell (as in an animal's skin) containing a yellow pigment.

xanthopsia n. , (also ˈxanthopsy) [ < Greek ὄψις appearance, sight] Pathology an affection of the eyes in which objects appear yellow; yellow vision.

xanthopterin n. , [ < German xanthopterin (Wieland & Schopf 1925, in Berichte der Deutsch. Chem. Ges. 58 2179): see pterin n.] Chemistry a yellow pterin present in the wings of some butterflies and moths and in the urine of mammals and forming leucopterin upon oxidation; 2-amino-4,6-dihydroxypterine, H₂NC₆HN₄(OH)₂.

xanthorthite n. , Mineralogy a yellow variety of orthite.

xanthosiderite n. , [Greek σίδηρος iron] Mineralogy a native hydrated oxide of iron, occurring in needle-shaped or fibrous crystals, or as an ochre, of a yellow, brown, or reddish colour.

xanthospermous adj. , [Greek σπέρμα seed] Botany having yellow seeds.