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cyst
(sĭst)n.
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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
cyst
(sɪst)n
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]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
cyst
(sɪst)n.
1. any abnormal saclike growth of the body in which matter is retained.
2. a bladder, sac, or vesicle.
3.
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.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
cyst
(sĭst) An abnormal sac in the body, composed of a membrane surrounding a fluid or a soft solid material.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
cyst
An abnormal fluid-filled sac in the skin or tissues, with many causes and types.
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| Noun | 1. |  cyst - a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structuredermoid 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) 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)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 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 |
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Translations
كيسكِيس
cysta
cyste
rakkula
cista
ciszta
blaîra
嚢胞
포낭
cista
cista
cysta
cysta
ถุงน้ำที่เกิดในร่างกายคนหรือสัตว์
nang
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cyst
[ˈsɪst] n → kyste mcystic fibrosis [ˌsɪstɪkfaɪˈbrəʊsɪs] n → mucoviscidose fto have cystic fibrosis, to suffer from cystic fibrosis → être atteint(e) de mucoviscidose
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cyst
n → Zyste f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cyst
(sist) noun a kind of liquid-filled blister on an internal part of the body or just under the skin.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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 tiroglosoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.