xanth-, xantho-, xan-

Sap-soluble flavone flower pigments giving colors from ivory to deep yellow; also found in insects, having been absorbed from the plant on which the insect feeds.

A defect of vision in which the retina fails to respond to yellow.

A substance present in a variety of foods (e.g., eggs and corn) that can be converted to vitamin A by many animal livers.

Peculiar to yellow races.

A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote, etc.

1. Tempoary yellowing of the skin due to excessive carotene in the diet, commonly seen in infants fed too much mashed carrots or adults consuming high quantities of carrots or beta-carotene.
2. Excess carotene in the blood, producing a pigmentation of the skin and mucous membranes that resembles jaundice.