# Xanthosis

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This article is about the pathological term. For the alchemical term, see [Citrinitas](/source/Citrinitas).

**Xanthosis** is a yellowish discoloration of degenerating [tissues](/source/Tissue_(biology)), especially seen in malignant [neoplasms](/source/Neoplasms). It can be differentiated clinically from [jaundice](/source/Jaundice) as the [sclerae](/source/Sclerae) are colored yellow in jaundice, but are not discolored in xanthosis.[1]

## Other uses

### Fruit farming

Xanthosis, or yellows, is a mid 20th century term for [strawberry mild yellow-edge virus](/source/Strawberry_mild_yellow-edge_virus), a disease in strawberries, cause by the [strawberry aphid](/source/Strawberry_aphid). The disease is prevalent throughout the Americas.[2]

### Meat industry

Xanthosis is a brown pigmentation of [skeletal](/source/Skeletal_muscles) and [heart muscles](/source/Heart_muscle) of cattle. The condition is particularly seen in older animals, and in some wasting diseases.[3] Prevalent in [Ayrshire cattle](/source/Ayrshire_cattle) and their crosses.[4]

### Trivia

It was the championship word used in the 1995 [Scripps National Spelling Bee](/source/Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee), and was also featured in the film [Akeelah and the Bee](/source/Akeelah_and_the_Bee).[5]

## References

1. Mosby (2013) *Mosby's Medical Dictionary* (9th Ed.) [page 1904](https://books.google.com/books?id=aW0zkZl0JgQC&dq=Xanthosis&pg=PA1904) Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN 0323112587 Retrieved February 2015

1. United States. Department of Agriculture (1942) *Farmers' Bulletin*, issues 1876-1900, [page 10](https://books.google.com/books?id=rkxTeimnYS4C&dq=Xanthosis&pg=RA8-PA10) U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved February 2015

1. Samuel Jutzi, S. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) (2004) *Good Practices for the Meat Industry* [page 17](https://books.google.com/books?id=rLjj6hxXplAC&dq=Xanthosis&pg=RA1-PA17) Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 9251051461 Retrieved February 2015

1. Collins, D.S. & Huey, R.J. (2015) *Gracey's Meat Hygiene* [page 211](https://books.google.com/books?id=XFdwBQAAQBAJ&dq=Xanthosis&pg=PA211) John Wiley & Sons ISBN 1118650026 Retrieved February 2015

1. [List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions](/source/List_of_Scripps_National_Spelling_Bee_champions)

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