CYST


Meaning of CYST in English

/ sɪst; NAmE / noun

a growth containing liquid that forms in or on a person's or an animal's body and may need to be removed

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: from late Latin cystis , from Greek kustis bladder.

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