Usually means: Eyelid gland blockage causes swelling.
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  1. chalazion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. chalazion: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. chalazion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. Chalazion (fungus), Chalazion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. chalazion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  1. chalazion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. Chalazion: Merck Manuals
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  10. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  11. Chalazion: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (chalazion)

▸ noun:  (ophthalmology, optometry) A cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.

Similar:
meibomian cyst, hordeolum, blepharadenitis, meibomianitis, blepharoadenitis, blepharitis, meibomitis, blepharochalasis, conjunctivochalasis, chemosis, more...

Opposite:
no word found

Types:
stye, more...

Phrases:
chalazion forceps, more...

Adjectives:
recurrent, chronic, marginal, large, acute, infected, small, suppurating, ruptured, typical, inflamed

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Similar:
meibomian cyst, hordeolum, blepharadenitis, meibomianitis, blepharoadenitis, blepharitis, meibomitis, blepharochalasis, conjunctivochalasis, chemosis, more...

Opposite:
no word found

Types:
stye, more...

Phrases:
chalazion forceps, more...

Adjectives:
recurrent, chronic, marginal, large, acute, infected, small, suppurating, ruptured, typical, inflamed



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