cyst
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcyst (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.
Derived terms
edit- aerocyst
- autocyst
- Baker's cyst
- Bartholin's cyst
- blastocyst
- chocolate cyst
- chylocyst
- cystectomy
- cysted
- cystic
- cysticule
- cystiform
- cystlike
- cystoid
- cystose
- cystospore
- cystous
- cytocyst
- dacryocyst
- decyst
- dermoid cyst
- ectocyst
- encyst
- endocyst
- enterocyst
- epitheliocyst
- gametocyst
- ganglion cyst
- gymnocyst
- hematocyst
- heterocyst
- hypnocyst
- intracyst
- keratocyst
- lithocyst
- macrocyst
- megacyst
- mesocyst
- metacyst
- microcyst
- mucocyst
- nematocyst
- oocyst
- otocyst
- ovarian cyst
- paracyst
- paracystitis
- pericyst
- phyllocyst
- pneumatocyst
- precyst
- pseudocyst
- pyocyst
- sebaceous cyst
- somatocyst
- spermatocyst
- sporocyst
- statocyst
- tomocyst
- tubulocyst
- urocyst
- zoocyst
Translations
editsac which develops in the natural cavities of an organ
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See also
editMiddle English
editNoun
editcyst
- Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *kustiz, *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
editNoun
editcyst f (nominative plural cyste or cysta)
- choice
- choicest, best
- excellence, good quality
Declension
editStrong i-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | cyst | cyste, cysta |
accusative | cyst, cyste | cyste, cysta |
genitive | cyste | cysta |
dative | cyste | cystum |
Derived terms
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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-
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