steatocystoma

Questions about steatocystoma

What does steatocystoma mean?

steatocystoma means "a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked".

How many syllables are in steatocystoma?

steatocystoma has 6 syllables and divides as ste-a-to-cy-sto-ma under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for steatocystoma?

Close synonyms include sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, wen. 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 steatocystoma a common word?

steatocystoma 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.