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cyst
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology,medicine,pathology
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[ noun ] (medicine,pathology) a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)After another treatment with the machine , he told her that `` her entire body was shot_through with tumors and cysts '' . He then sold her some capsules that he asserted would take_care of the tumors and cysts until she could collect the money for buying his machine . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The surfaces were coarsely and finely granular and punctuated by clear , fluid filled cysts measuring up_to 3 cm. in diameter . |
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
Synonyms Related terms sac blister Golgi_body follicle seminal_vesicle liposome lacrimal_sac |
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