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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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Aerocyst :: Aerocyst (n.) One of the air cells of algals.

Cystis :: Cystis (n.) A cyst. See Cyst.

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

Polycystid :: Polycystid (n.) One of the Polycystidea.

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

Cystotome :: Cystotome (n.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

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

Phyllocyst :: Phyllocyst (n.) The cavity of a hydrophyllium.

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

Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..

Cist :: Cist (n.) See Cyst.

Encyst :: Encyst (v. t.) To inclose in a cyst.

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

Cystocele :: Cystocele (n.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Polycystid :: Polycystid (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina..

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..

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..

Encystation :: Encystation (n.) Encystment.

Cisted :: Cisted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.

Cystoidean :: Cystoidean (n.) Same as Cystidean.