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CYST

CYST is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter C and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(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.

Syllable Information

The word CYST is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for CYST is: cyst


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