| CYST | • cyst n. A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one… • cyst n. (Medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds). • CYST n. a sac. |
| ENCYST | • encyst v. (Transitive) To enclose within a cyst. • encyst v. (Intransitive) To be enclosed within a cyst. • ENCYST v. to become enclosed in a vesicle. |
| OOCYST | • oocyst n. (Mycology, archaic) A reproductive cell in certain fungi. • oocyst n. (Biology) A thick-walled spore in the lifecycle of some parasitic protozoans, that develops into sporozoite. • OOCYST n. an encysted form of some sporozoan zygotes. |
| OTOCYST | • otocyst n. (Invertebrate zoology) An organ involved in balance and orientation. • otocyst n. (Vertebrate embryology) The precursor of the inner ear. • OTOCYST n. an organ of balance in many invertebrates. |
| CHOLECYST | • cholecyst n. (Anatomy) The gall bladder. • CHOLECYST n. the gall bladder. |
| LITHOCYST | • lithocyst n. (Zoology) A sac containing otoliths, found in medusae and other invertebrates. • LITHOCYST n. a cell containing a cystolith, a hard mineralized ingrowth of the wall of cells in the epidermis of certain plants. |
| MACROCYST | • macrocyst n. (Biology) An aggregate of cells of Dictyosteliida formed during sexual reproduction enclosed in a cellulose wall. • MACROCYST n. an unusually large cyst. |
| SPOROCYST | • sporocyst n. (Biology) A cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop. • sporocyst n. A larval stage in many trematode worms. • sporocyst n. A structure in Ascosphaera fungi within which the asci form. |
| STATOCYST | • statocyst n. (Zoology) An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure… • STATOCYST n. an organ of balance in some invertebrates. |
| BLASTOCYST | • blastocyst n. (Biology) The mammalian blastula. • BLASTOCYST n. a mammalian blastula in which some differentiation of cells has occurred. |
| HETEROCYST | • heterocyst n. Alternative form of heterocyte. • HETEROCYST n. a cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc. |
| NEMATOCYST | • nematocyst n. (Biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting. • NEMATOCYST n. an older name for a cnidoblast, a stinging cell in e.g. jellyfish. |
| TRICHOCYST | • trichocyst n. A threadlike organ in certain protozoans that can be discharged suddenly in order to grasp or sting. • TRICHOCYST n. a lasso cell. |