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xanthomatosis bulbi

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xanthomatosis /xan·tho·ma·to·sis/ (zan″tho-mah-to´sis) a condition marked by the presence of xanthomas.
xanthomatosis bul´bi  fatty degeneration of the cornea.

xanthomatosis bul·bi (blb)
n.
The ulcerative fatty degeneration of the cornea after injury.

xanthomatosis bulbi,
a fatty degeneration of the cornea.

xanthomatosis [zan″tho-mah-to´sis]
an accumulation of excess lipids in the body due to disturbance of lipid metabolism and marked by the formation of foam cells in skin lesions called xanthomas.
xanthomatosis bul´bi fatty degeneration of the cornea due to disorder of lipid metabolism, marked by the presence of xanthomas.
chronic idiopathic xanthomatosis Hand-Schüller-Christian disease.


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