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cyst

  [sist]
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–noun
1. Pathology. a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
2. a bladder, sac, or vesicle.
3. Botany, Mycology.
a. a sporelike cell with a resistant, protective wall.
b. a cell or cavity enclosing reproductive bodies.
4. Zoology.
a. a sac, usually spherical, surrounding an animal that has passed into a dormant condition.
b. such a sac plus the contained animal.
c. a capsule or resistant covering.
Origin:
1705–15; < NL cystis < Gk kýstis bag, pouch, the bladder; akin to kŷma cyma
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cyst   (sĭst)   
n.  

  1. Pathology An abnormal membranous sac containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance.

  2. Anatomy A sac or vesicle in the body.

  3. Biology A small capsulelike sac that encloses certain organisms in their dormant or larval stage.

  4. Botany A thick-walled resting spore, as in certain algae or fungi.


[New Latin cystis, from Greek kustis, bladder; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

cyst [(sist)]

An abnormal saclike structure that develops in the body and is filled with fluid or semisolid material.

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Word Origin & History

cyst 
1713, from Mod.L. cystis, from Gk. kystis "bladder, pouch." Cystic fibrosis coined 1938.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cyst
Pronunciation: 'sist
Function: noun
1 : a closed sac having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a body cavity orstructure
2 : a body resembling a cyst: as a : a capsule formed about a minute organism going into a resting or spore stage; also : this capsulewith its contents b : a resistant cover about a parasite produced by the parasite or the host —compare HYDATID2a
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

cyst (sĭst)
n.

  1. An abnormal membranous sac containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance.

  2. A sac or vesicle in the body.

  3. A small capsulelike sac that encloses certain organisms in their dormant or larval stage.

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