(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder.
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Of, relating to, or having characteristics of a cyst.
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Alternative Forms
Alternative Form of cystic -
cistic
Origin of cystic
From Middle French cystique, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kustis)
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Cystic Sentence Examples
Thus Echinococci contains a leucomaine which sets up an urticaria; Cysticercus tenuicollis occasions anaemia and death if injecte-1 into rabbits; and the cystic fluid of the common Coenurus serialis is said to be used by Kirghizes to poison wolves.
The right and left hepatic ducts, while still in the transverse fissure, unite into a single duct which joins the cystic duct from the gall bladder at an acute angle.
The same description applies to the reptiles, but a curious net work of cystic ducts is found in snakes and to a less extent in crocodiles.