cysticadj.
/ˈsɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈsɪstɪk/ 1. Anatomy. Pertaining to or connected with the gall bladder: as cystic artery, cystic duct.
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cystic1634
hepatocystic1739
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. 111 The cysticke twins from the gate veine [of the liver].
1735 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments (ed. 3) 12 The Bile is of two sorts, the Cystick..and the Hepatick.
1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 699 The cystic artery..sends a very considerable twig between the liver and gall-bladder.
2.
a. Pertaining to the urinary bladder.
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vesical1797
hysterocystic1833
intestino-vesical1867
renovesical1868
pericystic1876
cystic1881
paravesical1893
vesico-ureteral1906
transvesical1926
vesico-ureteric1965
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 186 The depression in which the bladder lies is called the cystic fissure.
b. cystic oxide: = cystine n. cystic calculus, a urinary calculus containing cystine; so cystic urine.
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1810 Edinb. Rev. 17 166 Dr. Wollaston proposes to name it the cystic oxide.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 516 The..Cystic Calculus has a crystalline appearance.
1844–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 805/2 Cystic Oxide is wholly dissipated by heat.
3.
a. Pathology. Of the nature of a cyst; characterized by formation of cysts, containing cysts (cyst n. 2).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > cyst
wenny1597
atheromatous1676
steatomatous1681
encysted1705
hydatical1712
cystic1714
incystated1729
hygromatous1813
saccated1846
polycystic1861
cystoid1871
hydatic1872
monocystic1872
oligocystic1872
cystomatous1876
monocysted1885
saccate1889
ovuligerous1892
sarcocystic1927
1714 R. Russell in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 277 I separated a Cystick Tumour.
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 30 Ovarian dropsy..is a cystic disease of the ovary.
b. cystic fibrosis n. = mucoviscidosis n. at muco- comb. form .
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > metabolic disorders > [noun] > other metabolic disorders
xanthomatosis1900
Tay-Sachs1907
ketosis1917
protein shock1917
hyperinsulinism1924
Niemann–Pick1928
tyrosinosis1932
von Gierke's disease1933
phenylketonuria1935
cystic fibrosis1938
mucoviscidosis1945
cystinosis1949
oxalosis1952
McArdle1957
orotic aciduria1959
PKU1961
sphingolipidosis1962
Reye's syndrome1965
Menkes1969
1938 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children 56 344 (heading) Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas and its relation to celiac disease.
1959 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 1/1 The primary defect in cystic fibrosis is a dysfunction of the exocrine glands.
1985 N.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.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [adjective] > relating to tape-worms > larval > encysted
cystic1859
1859 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 25/2 The Cystic Entozoa.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iv. 211 In this condition the animal is what is termed a Cystic worm, or bladder-worm.
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