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RETENTION-CYST

\ɹɪtˈɛnʃənsˈɪst], \ɹɪtˈɛnʃənsˈɪst], \ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_n_s_ˈɪ_s_t]\

Definitions of RETENTION-CYST

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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One due to the retention of the secretion of a gland.
a tumor-like accumulation of secretion whose natural outlet is blocked.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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