steatocystoma

steatocystoma /ste·a·to·cys·to·ma/ (ste?ah-to-sis-to´mah) an epidermal cyst having an intricately infolded thin epidermal lining, without a granular layer, containing an oily liquid and often abortive hair follicles, lanugo hair, and sebaceous apocrine, or eccrine, glands.

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steatocystoma mul´tiplex  development of numerous steatocystomas; often an autosomal dominant disorder chiefly affecting males at birth or presenting about the time of puberty.

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ste·a·to·cys·to·ma (st-t-s-stm)

n.

1. A cyst with cells of a sebaceous gland in its wall.

2. See sebaceous cyst.

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steatocystoma

a human term for an epithelial cyst.