Meaning of chocolate cyst | Babel Free
Definitions
An ovarian cyst containing old brown blood, usually, but not always, associated with endometriosis.
Examples
“In situ examination of ovaries with a chocolate cyst has shown that the endometrioma is not an intraovarian cyst of deeply infiltrating endometriosis but an extraovarian pseudocyst consisting of invaginated ovarian cortex fused and sealed off by adhesions and colonized by superficial endometriotic implants.”
“The best known manifestation of endometriosis in the ovary is the 'chocolate cyst' (Figure⟳ 20.13).”
“The right ovary was enlarged to approximately 10 centimetres with a bilocular chocolate cyst, suggesting endometrioma.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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