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Cystic
is always a great word to know.
So is extrinsic. Does it mean:
| originating outside the anatomical limits of certain muscles or nerves |
| the system by which oxygen is taken into the body; in mammals the system includes the nasal passages, pharynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs |
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cystic
1630s, "pertaining to the gall bladder," from Fr. cystique (16c.), from M.L. cysticus, from Gk. kystis "bladder, pouch." Meaning "pertaining to a cyst" is from 1713. Cystic fibrosis coined in 1938.
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cystic cys·tic (sĭs'tĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or having the characteristic of a cyst.
Having or containing cysts or a cyst.
Enclosed in a cyst.
Of, relating to, or involving the gallbladder or urinary bladder.
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