| CHOLECYST | • cholecyst n. (Anatomy) The gall bladder. • CHOLECYST n. the gall bladder. |
| CYSTEINES | • cysteines n. Plural of cysteine. • CYSTEINE n. an amino acid that oxidizes to cystine, also CYSTEIN. |
| CYSTEINIC | • CYSTEINIC adj. relating to cysteine. |
| CYSTIDEAN | • cystidean n. (Zoology, obsolete) Any of the Cystidea, a class of extinct echinoderms now known as the Cystoidea. • cystidean n. (Zoology) A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface… • CYSTIDEAN n. a cystoid, an extinct echinoderm. |
| CYSTIFORM | • cystiform adj. Resembling a cyst. • CYSTIFORM adj. like a cyst. |
| CYSTOCARP | • cystocarp n. A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive spores. • CYSTOCARP n. the fructification in red seaweeds. |
| CYSTOCELE | • cystocele n. (Medicine) Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical… • CYSTOCELE n. a hernia of the bladder. |
| CYSTOLITH | • cystolith n. (Botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. • cystolith n. (Medicine) A urinary calculus. • CYSTOLITH n. a hard mineralized ingrowth of the wall of cells in the epidermis of certain plants. |
| CYSTOTOMY | • cystotomy n. A surgical operation which consists of making an incision into the urinary bladder. • CYSTOTOMY n. surgical incision into the bladder. |
| ENCYSTING | • encysting v. Present participle of encyst. • ENCYST v. to become enclosed in a vesicle. |
| 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. |
| OTOCYSTIC | • otocystic adj. Relating to the otocyst. • OTOCYSTIC adj. relating to an otocyst, an auditory cyst or vesicle. |
| 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. |