dermoid cyst in English

noun
1
an abnormal growth (teratoma) containing epidermis, hair follicles, and sebaceous glands, derived from residual embryonic cells.
A computed tomography scan showed a large dermoid cyst within the muscle cone behind the left globe.

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1. A Benign mature teratoma (dermoid cyst) may contain well-differentiated tissue - eg, hair, and teeth

2. It was shown that he had a dermoid cyst infected withBrucella abortus biotype 3 which was the same strain growing in his blood cultures.