cystoid

[ sis-toid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

cystoid

/ ˈsɪstɔɪd /

a tissue mass, such as a tumour, that resembles a cyst but lacks an outer membrane

Origin of cystoid¹

First recorded in 1870–75; cyst + -oid

(ii) To close the wound made by the excision of a cystoid scar.

In the latter instance it is very liable to carry iris into the wound, and a cystoid cicatrix results.

The cystoid reaches its climax, but there appear now two higher types of echinoderms,—the crinoid and the starfish.

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