cyst

Noun

cyst (plural cysts)

1. 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.

4 letters in word "cyst": C S T Y.

No anagrams for cyst found in this word list.

Words found within cyst:

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• Definitions:
• The infectious stage of Giardia intestinalis and certain other protozoan parasites that have protective walls that facilitate their survival in ...
• a deep lesion that is filled with pus or other contents.
• Abnormal sac containing liquid or semi-solid matter.
• an abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material
• a fluid-filled mass that is usually benign. The fluid can be removed for analysis. (See needle aspiration.)
• a sac, especially a resting spore- or sporangium-like structure (Hawksworth et al., 1983).
• The infectious stage for Giardia, 7 to 10 micrometers long and refractile to light when viewed with a brightfield microscope.
• A lump or swelling filled with fluid or semifluid material.
• A lump in any organ or tissue that is filled with either fluid or soft material.
• Small, yellowish-tan to skin colored, firm round masses just beneath the skin. These can enlarge slowly and when infected can result in scarring. Can be exacerbated by acne.
• A collection of fluid within the spinal cord that may increase pressure on the cord and lead to pain, dysreflexia, and/or loss of sensation.
• A membranous sac filled with a liquid or semisolid material.
• An abnormal sac-like structure that is lined with cells which produce a liquid or thick material.
• A fluid filled structure.
• A lesion containing liquid or solid material, it usually causes inflammation and pus in surrounding tissues.
• In fungi: An encysted zoospore. In nematodes: the egg-containing carcass of dead adult females of the genus Heterodera or Globodera. (2)
• A cyst is a papule or nodule that contains fluid or semi-fluid material so is fluctuant. Cyst
• a round, fluid-filled structure that is common in ovaries, thyroid glands, and breast tissue. Only rarely is a cyst caused by cancer.
• An accumulation of fluid or semisolid material within a sac.
• Any dormant or resting nonmotile cell possessing a distinct cell wall.
• any closed epithelium-lined cavity or sac, normal or abnormal, usually containing liquid or semisolid material; a bladder.
• A sac or capsule in the body. It may be filled with fluid or other material.
• fluid filled structure. May be normal or abnormal depending on circumstances.
• An abnormal sac-like structure containing fluid or semi-solid material, which may present as a lump in various parts of the body. Most cysts are benign (non-malignant) but some may become cancerous (malignant). All lumps require medical assessment.
• A fluid filled sac. Some tumors of the pancreas, including the serous cystadenoma and mucinous cystadenocarcinomas are cystic. These have a distinct appearance in CT scans. They are important to recognize because the treatment of cystic tumors can differ from that for solid tumors.
• a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure vesicle: a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
• A cyst (soft "c", rhymes with "list") is a closed sac having a distinct membrane and develosion) on the nearby tissue. They may contain air, fluids, or semi-solid material. A collection of pus is called an abscess, not a cyst.

• cypselae ←
• cypsela ←
• cypruses ←
• cyst
• → cysteamine
• → cysteamines
• → cystectomies