Definition of cyst

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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..

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Cysticule :: Cysticule (n.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.
Cystis :: Cystis (n.) A cyst. See Cyst.
Cystic :: Cystic (a.) Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma..
Cysticercus :: Cysticercus (n.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle)..
Cystose :: Cystose (a.) Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery..
Cysticerce :: Cysticerce (n.) Alt. of Cysticercu.
Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A cyst or sac containing fluid.
Urocyst :: Urocyst (n.) The urinary bladder.
Blastocyst :: Blastocyst (n.) The germinal vesicle.
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..
Echinococcus :: Echinococcus (n.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog..
Cystotomy :: Cystotomy (n.) The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus..
Cystoid :: Cystoid (n.) Alt. of Cystoidea.
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) 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..
Incyst :: Incyst (v. t.) See Encyst.
Wem :: Wem (n.) An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst..
Cyst :: Cyst (n.) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder..
Ectocyst :: Ectocyst (n.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.
Cystolith :: Cystolith (n.) A urinary calculus.
Steatomatous :: Steatoma (n.) A cyst containing matter like suet.
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