cyst
Meaning of cyst
noun
- a thin-walled hollow organ or cavity in an animal or plant, containing a liquid secretion; a sac, vesicle, or bladder.
- a membranous sac or cavity of abnormal character in the body, containing fluid.
- a tough protective capsule enclosing the larva of a parasitic worm or the resting stage of an organism.
early 18th century: from late Latin cystis, from Greek kustis ‘bladder’.
Information about cyst
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cyst is: cysts.
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Hyphenation of cyst
cyst
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- cyst is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
cyst synonyms
Meaning vesicle:
Meaning a tumour or other abnormal formation:
Meaning a swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus:
Meaning the temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour:
Meaning a small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage:
Meaning a small blister on the skin:
Meaning a boil or other swelling or growth on the skin, especially a sebaceous cyst:
Meaning a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria:
Meaning a cyst containing watery fluid, in particular one formed by and containing a tapeworm larva:
Meaning a cyst containing a zygote formed by a parasitic protozoan such as the malaria parasite:
Meaning a small sac, pouch, or cyst:
Meaning a sebaceous cyst or tumour of a sebaceous gland:
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Words that rhyme with cyst
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