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    STEATOCYSTOMA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blockedplay

    Synonyms:

    pilar cyst; sebaceous cyst; steatocystoma; wen

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    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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