English Explanatory Dictionary

chocolate cyst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An ovarian cyst containing old brown blood, usually, but not always, associated with endometriosis.

Word forms

chocolate cyst chocolate cysts

Etymology

From the color of the blood, which resembles the color of chocolate.

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