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cystic, a.|ˈsɪstɪk| [a. F. cystique (Paré 16th c.), ad. mod.L. cysticus, f. Gr. type *κυστικός, f. κύστις: see cyst and -ic.] 1. Anat. Pertaining to or connected with the gall-bladder: as cystic artery, cystic duct.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. 111 The cysticke twins from the gate veine [of the liver]. a1735Arbuthnot (J.), The bile is of two sorts; the cystick..or the hepatick. 1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 702 The cystic artery..sends a very considerable twig between the liver and gall-bladder. 2. Pertaining to the urinary bladder.
1881Mivart Cat 186 The depression in which the bladder lies is called the cystic fissure. b. cystic oxide: = cystine. cystic calculus, a urinary calculus containing cystine; so cystic urine.
1810Edin. Rev. XVII. 166 Dr. Wollaston proposes to name it the cystic oxide. 1834Good Study Med. IV. 407 The Cystic Calculus has a crystalline appearance. 1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 805/2 Cystic Oxide is wholly dissipated by heat. 3. a. Path. Of the nature of a cyst; characterized by formation of cysts, containing cysts (cyst 2).
1713R. Russell in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 277, I separated a Cystick Tumour. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. I. 30 Ovarian dropsy..is a cystic disease of the ovary. b. cystic fibrosis: = mucoviscidosis s.v. muco-.
1938Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children LVI. 344 (heading) Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and its relation to celiac disease. 1959Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 1/1 The primary defect in cystic fibrosis is a dysfunction of the exocrine glands. 1985N.Y. Times 9 Jan. c10/6 Nosebleeds are sometimes a sign of a serious underlying condition, such as high blood pressure in older adults or cystic fibrosis in young children. 4. Enclosed or living in a cyst, as a hydatid.
1859Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 25/2 The Cystic Entozoa. 1877Huxley Inv. Anim. iv. 211 In this condition the animal is what is termed a Cystic worm, or bladder-worm. |