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Meaning Of Cyst
n.
A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and
containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the
natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
n.
In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.
n.
One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of
the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our
shores.
n.
A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature
entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form
in Rotifera, etc.
n.
A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and
quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See
Encystment.