also  car*o*tin*emia  or chiefly Brit  car*o*ten*ae*mia  also  car*o*tin*ae*mia  n :  the presence in the circulating blood of carotene which may cause a yellowing of the skin resembling jaundice .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  carotinaemia  carotinemia 
 
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