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Webster 1913 Edition
Cyst
1.
(Med.)
(a)
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.
(b)
In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.
[Written also
cystis
.] 2.
(Bot.)
One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algæ, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (
Fuci
) of our shores. D. C. Eaton.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
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.
(b)
A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See
Encystment
. Webster 1828 Edition
Cyst
CYST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cyst
cyst
English
Noun
cyst (plural cysts)
- A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds).
Derived terms
Translations
sac which develops in the natural cavities of an organ
See also
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kustuz (“choice, trial”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Cognate with Old Saxon cust (Dutch kust), Old High German chust, Old Norse kostr (“choose, chance, opportunity, value”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cyst f (nominative plural cyste or cysta)
- choice
- choicest, best
- excellence, good quality
Declension
Declension of cyst (strong i-stem)