cyst : Idioms & Phrases
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blood cyst
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noun a cyst containing blood
blood cyst; hematocyst.
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Dermoid cyst
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noun a cystic tumor (usually benign) with a wall lined with epithelium and a cavity containing other material
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(Med.) , a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair.
Webster 1913
hemorrhagic cyst
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noun a cyst containing blood
blood cyst; hematocyst.
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meibomian cyst
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noun a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
chalazion.
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nabothian cyst
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noun a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix
nabothian follicle.
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ovarian cyst
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noun a cystic tumor (usually benign) of the ovary
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pilar cyst
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noun a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
pilar cyst; wen; steatocystoma.
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Proliferous cyst
(Med.) , a cyst that produces highly-organized or even vascular structures.
Webster 1913
Retention cyst
(Med.) , a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.
Webster 1913
Sebaceous cyst
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noun a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
pilar cyst; wen; steatocystoma.
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(Med.) , a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct.
