| BLASTOCYSTS | • blastocysts n. Plural of blastocyst. • BLASTOCYST n. a mammalian blastula in which some differentiation of cells has occurred. |
| CHOLECYSTS | • cholecysts n. Plural of cholecyst. • CHOLECYST n. the gall bladder. |
| CYSTS | • cysts n. Plural of cyst. • CYST n. a sac. |
| ENCYSTS | • encysts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encyst. • ENCYST v. to become enclosed in a vesicle. |
| HETEROCYSTS | • heterocysts n. Plural of heterocyst. • HETEROCYST n. a cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc. |
| LITHOCYSTS | • lithocysts n. Plural of lithocyst. • LITHOCYST n. a cell containing a cystolith, a hard mineralized ingrowth of the wall of cells in the epidermis of certain plants. |
| MACROCYSTS | • macrocysts n. Plural of macrocyst. • MACROCYST n. an unusually large cyst. |
| NEMATOCYSTS | • nematocysts n. Plural of nematocyst. • NEMATOCYST n. an older name for a cnidoblast, a stinging cell in e.g. jellyfish. |
| OOCYSTS | • oocysts n. Plural of oocyst. • OOCYST n. an encysted form of some sporozoan zygotes. |
| OTOCYSTS | • otocysts n. Plural of otocyst. • OTOCYST n. an organ of balance in many invertebrates. |
| SPOROCYSTS | • sporocysts n. Plural of sporocyst. • SPOROCYST n. a rounded, thick-walled structure produced, as by protozoans, in the process of sporulation. |
| STATOCYSTS | • statocysts n. Plural of statocyst. • STATOCYST n. an organ of balance in some invertebrates. |
| TRICHOCYSTS | • trichocysts n. Plural of trichocyst. • TRICHOCYST n. a lasso cell. |