cyst

(sĭst)

1. An abnormal membranous sac in the body containing a gaseous, liquid, or semisolid substance.

2. A sac or vesicle in the body.

3. Biology A small capsulelike sac that encloses certain organisms in their dormant or larval stage.

4. Botany A thick-walled resting spore, as in certain algae or fungi.

[New Latin cystis, from Greek kustis, bladder; see kwes- in Indo-European roots.]

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cyst

(sɪst)

1. (Pathology) pathol any abnormal membranous sac or blisterlike pouch containing fluid or semisolid material

2. (Anatomy) anatomy any normal sac or vesicle in the body

3. (Zoology) a thick-walled protective membrane enclosing a cell, larva, or organism

[C18: from New Latin cystis, from Greek kustis pouch, bag, bladder]

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cyst

(sɪst)

n.

1. any abnormal saclike growth of the body in which matter is retained.

2. a bladder, sac, or vesicle.

a. a protective capsule or spore surrounding an inactive or resting organism or a reproductive body.

b. such a capsule and its contents.

[1705–15; < New Latin cystis < Greek kýstis pouch, bladder; akin to kŷma cyma]

cyst-

var. of cysto-, before a vowel: cystectomy.

-cyst

var. of cysto-, as final element in a word: statocyst.

cyst

(sĭst)

An abnormal sac in the body, composed of a membrane surrounding a fluid or a soft solid material.

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cyst

An abnormal fluid-filled sac in the skin or tissues, with many causes and types.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	cyst - a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure dermoid cyst - a cystic tumor (usually benign) with a wall lined with epithelium and a cavity containing other material galactocele - a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands) blood cyst, hematocyst, hemorrhagic cyst - a cyst containing blood hydatid - cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis) nabothian cyst, nabothian follicle - a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix ovarian cyst - a cystic tumor (usually benign) of the ovary ranula - a cyst on the underside of the tongue pilar cyst, sebaceous cyst, steatocystoma, wen - a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
	2.	cyst - a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) vesicle dacryocyst, lacrimal sac, tear sac - either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands dictyosome, Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex - a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) sac - a structure resembling a bag in an animal bleb, blister - (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid follicle - any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity liposome - an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector

Translations

كيسكِيس

cysta

cyste

rakkula

cista

ciszta

blaîra

cisti ciste

嚢胞

포낭

cista

cysta

ถุงน้ำที่เกิดในร่างกายคนหรือสัตว์

kist

nang

囊肿膀胱

cyst

[sɪst] N → quiste m

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cyst

[ˈsɪst] n → kyste mcystic fibrosis [ˌsɪstɪkfaɪˈbrəʊsɪs] n → mucoviscidose f
to have cystic fibrosis, to suffer from cystic fibrosis → être atteint(e) de mucoviscidose

cyst

n → Zyste f

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cyst

[sɪst] n → cisti f inv

cyst

(sist) noun

a kind of liquid-filled blister on an internal part of the body or just under the skin.

cyst

→ كِيس cysta cyste Zyste κύστη quiste rakkula kyste cista ciste 嚢胞 포낭 cyste svulst cysta cisto, quisto киста cysta ถุงน้ำที่เกิดในร่างกายคนหรือสัตว์ kist nang 囊肿

cyst

n. quiste, saco o bolsa que contiene líquido o materia semilíquida;

pilonidal ___ → ___ pilonidal, que contiene pelo, gen. localizado en el área sacrococcígea;

sebaceous ___ → ___ sebáceo, gen. localizado en el cuero cabelludo.

cyst

n quiste m; Baker o Baker’s — quiste de Baker, quiste poplíteo; — passer (amebiasis) portador -ra mf asintomático (que expulsa quistes); dermoid — quiste dermoide; epidermal inclusion — quiste epidermoide; ganglion — ganglión m, ganglio; hydatid — quiste hidatídico; ovarian — quiste ovárico or de ovario; pilonidal — quiste pilonidal; popliteal — quiste poplíteo; sebaceous — (fam) quiste sebáceo (fam), quiste epidermoide synovial — quiste sinovial; thyroglossal duct — quiste del conducto tirogloso