also: せんりゅうしゅ
chalazion; meibomian cyst
Medical term for a chronic granulomatous inflammation of a meibomian gland in the eyelid.
I was diagnosed with a chalazion at the eye clinic.
A chalazion occurs when an oil gland in the eyelid becomes blocked.
Standard kanji spelling for this medical term.
Alternate reading; less common than さんりゅうしゅ.
From 霰 (hail, granular) + 粒 (grain) + 腫 (tumor/swelling), describing the nodular, grain-like swelling. The reading さんりゅうしゅ is the standard Sino-Japanese reading; せんりゅうしゅ is a less common variant.