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Cyst

Cyst Meaning & Definition
Cyst Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cyst?

[n] a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
[n] a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cyst: vesicle

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cyst: benign tumor | boil | bump | bunion | callosity | callus | cancer | carbuncle | carcinoma | corn | dilatation | dilation | distension | edema | excrescence | fungosity | fungus | furuncle | growth | intumescence | lump | malignant growth | metastatic tumor | mole | morbid growth | neoplasm | nevus | nonmalignant tumor | outgrowth | pimple | pock | proud flesh | pustule | rising | sarcoma | sebaceous cyst | swell | swelling | swollenness | tumefaction | tumescence | tumidity | tumor | turgescence | turgescency | turgidity | verruca | wart | wen

See Also | bleb | blister | blood cyst | bulla | dacryocyst | dermoid cyst | dictyosome | follicle | galactocele | Golgi apparatus | Golgi body | Golgi complex | hematocyst | hemorrhagic cyst | hydatid | lacrimal sac | liposome | nabothian cyst | nabothian follicle | ovarian cyst | pathology | pilar cyst | ranula | sac | sebaceous cyst | seminal vesicle | steatocystoma | tear sac | wen

Cyst In Webster's Dictionary

\Cyst\ (s[i^]st), n. [Gr. ky`stis bladder, bag, pouch, fr. ky`ein to be pregnant. Cf. {Cyme}.] 1. (Med.) (a) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ. (b) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder. [Written also {cystis}.] 2. (Bot.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain alg[ae], as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds ({Fuci}) of our shores. --D. C. Eaton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc. (b) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See {Encystment}.

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