Look up: Chalazion

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   chalazion
   [n] - a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
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   Chalazion
   Our Chalazion Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Chalazion Chalazion: A cyst of the little glands in the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through tiny openings in the edges of the lids. The lubricant is a fatty substance called sebum characteristic of sebaceous glands. These glands are cal ...
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   chalazion
   a chronic inflammatory granuloma primarily resulting from the retention of the secretion of a Meibomian gland of an eyelid Category: Medicine
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   Chalazion
   Cha·la'zi·on noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... dim. of ... hail, pimple.] (Medicine) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.
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   chalazion
   A cyst within the eyelid due to a plugging of the Meibomian gland (in the eyelid). ... Treatment includes warm wet compresses. Surgical drainage may be required for those which do not respond to conservative measures. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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   chalazion
   Meibomian cyst noun a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked
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   Chalazion
   A `chalazion` (plural `chalazia` ), also known as a `meibomian gland lipogranuloma`, is a cyst in the eyelid that is caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland, usually on the upper eyelid. Chalazions differ from styes (hordeolums) in that they are usually painless apart from the tenderness caused when they swell up, and in size (chalazia tend to be larger than styes). A chalazion may eventually disappear on its own after a few months, t...
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   chalazion
   (kә-la´ze-on) pl. chala´zia, chalazions a small eyelid mass resulting from chronic inflammation of a meibomian gland; it can sometimes be treated at home with the application of hot compresses, but while this method is usually successful with a sty, a similar infection that has not yet formed a cyst, chalazion ofte...
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   Chalazion
   • (n.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.
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    chalazion
    (from the article `sty`) ...can be more painful than external sties because they are pressed between the eyeball and the fibrous plate—called the tarsal plate—in the lid. ...
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    chalazion
    A chronic inflammatory granuloma of a meibomian gland. Syn: tarsal cyst, meibomian cyst, chalaza 1 [G. dim. of chalaza, a sty]
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