also: せんりゅうしゅ
noun
chalazion; meibomian cyst
Medical term for a chronic granulomatous inflammation of a meibomian gland in the eyelid.
眼科で霰粒腫と診断されました。
I was diagnosed with a chalazion at the eye clinic.
霰粒腫は、まぶたの脂腺が
A chalazion occurs when an oil gland in the eyelid becomes blocked.
麦粒腫 (hordeolum/stye) is an acute bacterial infection of an eyelid gland, while 霰粒腫 is a chronic non-infectious granulomatous inflammation.
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.