CYST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyst mean? 

• CYST (noun)
  The noun CYST has 2 senses:

1. a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure

2. a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

  Familiarity information: CYST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cyst" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyst"):

dermoid cyst (a cystic tumor (usually benign) with a wall lined with epithelium and a cavity containing other material)

galactocele (a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands))

blood cyst; hematocyst; hemorrhagic cyst (a cyst containing blood)

hydatid (cyst filled with liquid; forms as a result of infestation by tapeworm larvae (as in echinococcosis))

nabothian cyst; nabothian follicle (a cyst that forms in the nabothian glands of the uterine cervix)

ovarian cyst (a cystic tumor (usually benign) of the ovary)

ranula (a cyst on the underside of the tongue)

pilar cyst; sebaceous cyst; steatocystoma; wen (a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked)

Derivation:

cystic (of or relating to or resembling a cyst)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cyst; vesicle

Hypernyms ("cyst" is a kind of...):

sac (a structure resembling a bag in an animal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cyst"):

dacryocyst; lacrimal sac; tear sac (either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands)

dictyosome; Golgi apparatus; Golgi body; Golgi complex (a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions))

bleb; blister; bulla ((pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid)

follicle (any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity)

liposome (an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector)

Derivation:

cystic (of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder))

 Context examples 

A congenital or acquired cyst that is present in the central nervous system.

(Central Nervous System Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

Congenital or acquired cysts of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges which may remain stable in size or undergo progressive enlargement.

(Central Nervous System Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This includes people who have a family history of pancreatic cancer, who have had pancreatic cysts or chronic pancreatitis, or who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes later in life.

(New Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Screening May Help Catch Disease Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The cysts may rupture, causing pain, redness and light sensitivity.

(Meesmann Corneal Dystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Cysts are rarely cancerous in women under 50.

(Ovarian Cysts, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

It is caused by developmental abnormalities of the pharyngeal arches and results in the development of a cyst or a fissure in the side of the neck.

(Branchial Cleft Remnant, NCI Thesaurus)

Fibrosis associated with cyst formation in the breast parenchyma.

(Breast Fibrocystic Change, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of a cyst lined by an ameloblastoma-like epithelium and ghost cells formation.

(Calcifying Cystic Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A cyst located at the periphery of the meniscus.

(Meniscal Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

A mucous containing cyst arising from the minor salivary glands in the oral cavity.

(Mucous Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)