Crossword clues for cystic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cystic \Cyst"ic\ (s?s"t?k), a. [Cf. F. cystique.]
Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.
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(Anat.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.
Cystic duct, the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct.
Cystic worm (Zo["o]l.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, "pertaining to the gall bladder," from French cystique (16c.), from Modern Latin cysticus, from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch." Meaning "pertaining to a cyst" is from 1713. Cystic fibrosis coined in 1938.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to a cyst. 2 (context anatomy English) Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder.
WordNet
adj. of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder)
of or relating to or resembling a cyst
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "cystic".
Polyps, sponges, and cystic entozoa, may also be included among hermaphrodites.
POLYPI OR POLYPOID TUMORS of the uterus are of three kinds, cystic, mucous and fibrous.
The cystic and mucous varieties may spring from any portion of the mucous surface of the uterus, but they are more frequently met with growing from the mucous membrane lining the cervical canal, and pendent from the mouth of the womb, as represented in Fig.
Even in the largest cystic tumors where the development is immense, a small incision only, is made--simply sufficient to bring the walls of the tumor in view and admit, perhaps, two or three fingers.
On examination, we found a large multilocular cystic tumor, represented by Fig.
Palpation revealed a cystic immobile tumor, extending 2 inches above the umbilicus and apparently fixed by deep adhesions.
The boy had a perfect set of permanent teeth and no deformity, swelling, or cystic formation of the jaw.
The hepatic and cystic ducts were pervious and the hepatic duct obliterated.
Penrose mentions the absence of the upper two-thirds of the left ureter, with a small cystic kidney, and there are parallel cases on record.
Cholecystotomy for the relief of the distention of the gallbladder from obstruction of the common or cystic duct and for the removal of gall-stones was first performed in 1867 by Bobbs of Indianapolis, but it is to Marion Sims, in 1878, that perfection of the operation is due.
The accompanying illustration pictures an extreme ease of cystic goiter shown by Warren.
Single gene defects are known to cause several thousand different diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and hemophilia.
A heart transplant is out of the question because of the cystic fibrosis.
Genes bearing significant responsibility for cystic fibrosis and breast cancer have been identified.
A few years ago he lost his daughter to cystic fibrosis and that ordeal turned him into a different person.