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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Urocyst :: Urocyst (n.) The urinary bladder.
Encysted :: Encysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor..
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)..
Hepatocystic :: Hepatocystic (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts..
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..
Cysted :: Cysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst.
Zoocyst :: Zoocyst (n.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ..
Cystotome :: Cystotome (n.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.
Melicerous :: Melicerous (a.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.
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..
Encystation :: Encystation (n.) Encystment.
Trichocyst :: Trichocyst (n.) A lasso cell.
Aerocyst :: Aerocyst (n.) One of the air cells of algals.
Cystolithic :: Cystolithic (a.) Relating to stone in the bladder.
Comedo :: Comedo (n.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt)..
Encyst :: Encyst (v. t.) To inclose in a cyst.
Tentaculocyst :: Tentaculocyst (n.) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.
Cisted :: Cisted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.
Nematocalyx :: Nematocalyx (n.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia..
Cistic :: Cistic (a.) See Cystic.
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