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单词 cyst
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cyst /sɪst/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Pathologyan abnormal saclike growth of the body in which liquid or matter is contained.
cys•tic, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cyst  (sist),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pathologya closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
  2. a bladder, sac, or vesicle.
  3. Fungi[Bot., Mycol.]
    • Botanya sporelike cell with a resistant, protective wall.
    • Botanya cell or cavity enclosing reproductive bodies.
  4. 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.
  • Greek kýstis bag, pouch, the bladder; akin to kŷma cyma
  • Neo-Latin cystis
  • 1705–15

cyst-, 
  1. var. of cysto-, before a vowel:cystectomy.

-cyst, 
  1. var. of cysto-, as final element in a compound word:statocyst.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cyst /sɪst/ n
  1. any abnormal membranous sac or blisterlike pouch containing fluid or semisolid material
  2. any normal sac or vesicle in the body
  3. a thick-walled protective membrane enclosing a cell, larva, or organism
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin cystis, from Greek kustis pouch, bag, bladder
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-cyst n combining form
  1. indicating a bladder or sac: otocyst
Etymology: from Greek kustis bladder
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