meibomian cyst

1. 1.

   a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked

   Synonymschalazion

   Broadersebaceous cyst

Questions about meibomian cyst

What does meibomian cyst mean?

meibomian cyst means "a small sebaceous cyst of the eyelid resulting when a Meibomian gland is blocked".

What is another word for meibomian cyst?

Close synonyms include chalazion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meibomian cyst a common word?

meibomian cyst is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.