ALL meanings of cyst
cyst
C c - countable noun cyst A cyst is a growth containing liquid that appears inside your body or under your skin. 3
- noun cyst any abnormal membranous sac or blisterlike pouch containing fluid or semisolid material 3
- noun cyst any normal sac or vesicle in the body 3
- noun cyst a thick-walled protective membrane enclosing a cell, larva, or organism 3
- noun cyst any of certain saclike structures in plants or animals 3
- noun cyst such a structure or pocket in the body when abnormal and filled with fluid or diseased matter 3
- noun cyst a spherical, usually thick membrane, resistant to freezing, drying, etc., with which certain organisms are surrounded when in a resting stage 3
- noun cyst Pathology. a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter. 1
- noun cyst a bladder, sac, or vesicle. 1
- noun cyst Botany, Mycology. a sporelike cell with a resistant, protective wall. a cell or cavity enclosing reproductive bodies. 1
- noun cyst Zoology. a sac, usually spherical, surrounding an animal that has passed into a dormant condition. such a sac plus the contained animal. a capsule or resistant covering. 1
- noun cyst medicine: abnormal growth 1
- noun cyst In an animal or plant, a thin-walled, hollow organ or cavity containing a liquid secretion; a sac, vesicle, or bladder. 1
- noun cyst 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. 0
- noun cyst (medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds). 0