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Blastocyst :: Blastocyst (n.) The germinal vesicle.

Somatocyst :: Somatocyst (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

Cystoidea :: Cystoidea (n.) Same as Cystidea.

Hepatocystic :: Hepatocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts..

Encystment :: Encystment (n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina..

Cholecystotomy :: Cholecystotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone..

Otocyst :: Otocyst (n.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed..

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A cyst or sac containing fluid.

Encystation :: Encystation (n.) Encystment.

Sagittocyst :: Sagittocyst (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

Zoocyst :: Zoocyst (n.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ..

Trichocyst :: Trichocyst (n.) A lasso cell.

Cyst :: Cyst (n.) 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..

Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.

Cnida :: Cnida (n.) One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell..

Myxocystodea :: Myxocystodea (n. pl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca.

Redia :: Redia (n.) A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediae, or else cercariae within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix..

Cystic :: Cystic (a.) Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma..

Ovicyst :: Ovicyst (n.) The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.

Lithocyst :: Lithocyst (n.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs..

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