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xanthoderma<\/span> <\/span><\/b> xan\u00b7tho\u00b7der\u00b7ma<\/span> (z\u0101n’th\u0259-d\u00fbr’m\u0259)<\/span> <\/span>
n.<\/span> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

1. A<\/span> yellow<\/span> coloration<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. See<\/span> <\/span>xanthochromia<\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
The<\/span> American<\/span> Heritage\u00ae<\/span> Stedman’s<\/span> Medical<\/span> Dictionary<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Wouldn’t this be a great way to call someone a coward? It sounds so much more elegant than “you yellow-bellied coward!” This would be a great way to insult someone, like those Shakespearean insults<\/a> that were popular for awhile. Of course I can’t really picture John Wayne saying “you xanthoderma<\/em> coward!” or Bruce Willis saying “come back here you xanthoderna<\/em> x@!nli#”<\/p>\n
The important thing here is to use the proper language in the proper setting. I would think medical students could get quite creative with this language, and perhaps art students could too . . .<\/p>\n
I have heard it said that the English language is shrinking and I do believe that our literacy comprehension level is lowering. As a writer I want to write to my audience in way that doesn’t frustrate them, but I also want to drop in just enough to push them “up” a bit. This seems to me to be a delicate line to walk, but I believe writers carry that responsibility.<\/p>\n
For today, I hope your skin does not appear to have xanthoderma<\/strong>. If it does, perhaps you should go have your liver checked!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
xanthoderma xan\u00b7tho\u00b7der\u00b7ma (z\u0101n’th\u0259-d\u00fbr’m\u0259) n. 1. A yellow coloration of the skin. 2. See xanthochromia. The American Heritage\u00ae Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Wouldn’t this be a great way to call someone a coward? It sounds so much more elegant than “you yellow-bellied coward!” This would be a great way to insult someone, like those Shakespearean insults that were …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zbKo-Ob","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}