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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cyst \Cyst\ (s[i^]st), n. [Gr. ky`stis bladder, bag, pouch, fr ky`ein to be pregnant. Cf {Cyme}.] 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 alg[ae], as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds ({Fuci}) of our shores. --D. C. Eaton. 3. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cyst n 1: a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure 2: a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) [syn: {vesicle}]
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