A nabothian cyst (or nabothian follicle) is a mucus-filled cyst on the surface of the cervix. They are most often caused when stratified squamous epithelium of the ectocervix (toward the vagina) grows over the simple columnar epithelium of the endocervix (toward the uterus). This tissue growth can block the cervical crypts (subdermal pockets usually 2–10mm in diameter), trapping cervical mucus inside the crypts.
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近义词
n.
cyst
英英词典
nabothian cyst n.
a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix