Cyst Definition

sĭst
cysts
noun
cysts
Such a structure or pocket in the body when abnormal and filled with fluid or diseased matter.
Webster's New World
A sac or vesicle in the body.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of certain saclike structures in plants or animals.
Webster's New World
A spherical, usually thick membrane, resistant to freezing, drying, etc., with which certain organisms are surrounded when in a resting stage.
Webster's New World

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

Wiktionary
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Webster's New World
Sac, pouch, bladder.
Blastocyst.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cyst

Noun

Singular:
cyst
Plural:
cysts

Origin of Cyst

  • New Latin cystis from Greek kustis bladder kwes- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kustis, “anatomical sac”)

    From Wiktionary

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