xanthosis

1. 1.

   an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin

   Broaderskin disease

Other forms of xanthosis

plural

xanthosises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about xanthosis

What does xanthosis mean?

xanthosis means "an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin".

How many syllables are in xanthosis?

xanthosis has 3 syllables and divides as xan-tho-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.