| NOUN | state | wen, sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, steatocystoma | a common cyst of the skin |
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| Sounds | weh'n | |
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| Rhymes | again ... Zen: 36 rhymes with ehn... | |
| Meaning | A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked. | |
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| Synonyms | sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, steatocystoma | |
| Narrower | chalazion, Meibomian cyst | A small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked |
| Broader | cyst | A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure |