STEATOCYSTOMA
Dictionary entry overview: What does steatocystoma mean? • STEATOCYSTOMA (noun)
The noun STEATOCYSTOMA has 1 sense:
1. a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
Familiarity information: STEATOCYSTOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• STEATOCYSTOMA (noun)
Meaning:
A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
pilar cyst; sebaceous cyst; steatocystoma; wen
Hypernyms ("steatocystoma" is a kind of...):
cyst (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "steatocystoma"):
chalazion; Meibomian cyst (a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked)
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