NOUN
- a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
How To Use sebaceous cyst In A Sentence
- (_Synonyms: _ Sebaceous Cyst; Sebaceous Tumor; Wen.) #Describe steatoma. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
- From page 141 on: It turns out that human horns, anomalous growths consisting entirely of concentric layers of keratinized epidermal cells with a tendency to originate on the sites of sebaceous cysts, warts, or scars, are 'far more frequent than ordinarily supposed,' according to Drs. George Gould and Walter Pyle (Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine; New York, Julian Press, 1956, p. 222). Human horns
- In the afternoon I went to the doctor, since it seems I have a sebaceous cyst in my left armpit, which is very inflamed. Breakfast in Bed
- Sebaceous cysts, fibromas, papillomas, adenomas, sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas also have been reported.
- Examples of these are acne, seborrhoea and sebaceous cysts. DOLPHINS WHALES APES AND MEN
- A _sebaceous cyst_ may reach such dimensions as to simulate a dermoid or thyreo-glossal cyst. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- Sebaceous cysts, fibromas, papillomas, adenomas, sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas also have been reported.