{{About|the pathological term|the alchemical term|Citrinitas}} '''Xanthosis''' is a yellowish discoloration of degenerating tissues, especially seen in malignant neoplasms. It can be differentiated clinically from jaundice as the sclerae are colored yellow in jaundice, but are not discolored in xanthosis.<ref>Mosby (2013) ''Mosby's Medical Dictionary'' (9th Ed.) [https://books.google.com/books?id=aW0zkZl0JgQC&dq=Xanthosis&pg=PA1904 page 1904] Elsevier Health Sciences {{ISBN|0323112587}} Retrieved February 2015</ref>
== Other uses == ===Fruit farming === Xanthosis, or yellows, is a mid 20th century term for strawberry mild yellow-edge virus, a disease in strawberries, cause by the strawberry aphid. The disease is prevalent throughout the Americas.<ref>United States. Department of Agriculture (1942) ''Farmers' Bulletin'', issues 1876-1900, [https://books.google.com/books?id=rkxTeimnYS4C&dq=Xanthosis&pg=RA8-PA10 page 10] U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 2015</ref>
=== Meat industry === Xanthosis is a brown pigmentation of skeletal and heart muscles of cattle. The condition is particularly seen in older animals, and in some wasting diseases.<ref>Samuel Jutzi, S. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (2004) ''Good Practices for the Meat Industry'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=rLjj6hxXplAC&dq=Xanthosis&pg=RA1-PA17 page 17] Food & Agriculture Org. {{ISBN|9251051461}} Retrieved February 2015</ref> Prevalent in Ayrshire cattle and their crosses.<ref>Collins, D.S. & Huey, R.J. (2015) ''Gracey's Meat Hygiene'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=XFdwBQAAQBAJ&dq=Xanthosis&pg=PA211 page 211] John Wiley & Sons {{ISBN|1118650026}} Retrieved February 2015</ref>
=== Trivia === It was the championship word used in the 1995 Scripps National Spelling Bee, and was also featured in the film Akeelah and the Bee.<ref>List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions</ref>
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