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Where does “xanthelasmoidea” come from?

xanthelasmoidea (English) comes from English xanthelasma, from Ancient Greek ξανθός — yellow , golden; fair, blond, flaxen, tawny, a...

xanthelasmoidea (English): a disease resembling xanthelasma, which leaves...

Definitions

  1. a disease resembling xanthelasma, which leaves...

Ancestry of “xanthelasmoidea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishxanthelasmaA deposit of cholesterol on the eyelid
2Ancient Greekξανθόςyellow , golden; fair, blond, flaxen, tawny, a...

Words derived from “xanthelasmoidea”

  • xanthelasmoideus
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