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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..

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

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..

Melicerous :: Melicerous (a.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors.

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

Trichocyst :: Trichocyst (n.) A lasso cell.

Encysted :: Encysted (a.) Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor..

Echinococcus :: Echinococcus (n.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Taenia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog..

Sporocyst :: Sporocyst (n.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia..

Measles :: Measles (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms..

Cystolithic :: Cystolithic (a.) Relating to stone in the bladder.

Endocyst :: Endocyst (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

Radiolaria :: Radiolaria (n. pl.) Order of rhizopods, usually having a siliceous skeleton, or shell, and sometimes radiating spicules. The pseudopodia project from the body like rays. It includes the polycystines. See Polycystina..

Myxocystodea :: Myxocystodea (n. pl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca.

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

Encystment :: Encystment (n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina..

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

Cyst :: Cyst (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores..

Nematocalyx :: Nematocalyx (n.) One of a peculiar kind of cups, or calicles, found upon hydroids of the family Plumularidae. They contain nematocysts. See Plumularia..

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

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