Definition of cyst

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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..

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Ectocyst :: Ectocyst (n.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.
Ctenocyst :: Ctenocyst (n.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory..
Measles :: Measles (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms..
Hepatocystic :: Hepatocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts..
Aerocyst :: Aerocyst (n.) One of the air cells of algals.
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..
Cystolith :: Cystolith (n.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
Polycystine :: Polycystine (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystina.
Nereocystis :: Nereocystis (n.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.
Cystic :: Cystic (a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder..
Hypnocyst :: Hypnocyst (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts..
Steatomatous :: Steatoma (n.) A cyst containing matter like suet.
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..
Cysted :: Cysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst.
Tentaculocyst :: Tentaculocyst (n.) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.
Pneumatocyst :: Pneumatocyst (n.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia..
Cystolith :: Cystolith (n.) A urinary calculus.
Cystose :: Cystose (a.) Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery..
Endocyst :: Endocyst (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
Polycystid :: Polycystid (n.) One of the Polycystina.
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