different between cyst vs cystic

English

Etymology

From Late Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kústis, “anatomical sac”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

cyst (plural cysts)

1. A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds).

   cystectomy, cystitis, cystoscopy

Derived terms

• cystic

Translations

See also

• enchondroma

Middle English

Noun

cyst

1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• cist

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kustiz, *kustuz (“choice, trial”), from Proto-Indo-European *?éwstus.

Cognate with Old Saxon cust (Dutch kust), Old High German chust, Old Norse kostr (“choose, chance, opportunity, value”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyst/

Noun

cyst f (nominative plural cyste or cysta)

1. choice
2. choicest, best
3. excellence, good quality

Declension

Derived terms

• cysti?

Related terms

• ??s

Descendants

• Middle English: custe, coste (the latter, possibly through Old Norse)
  • Scots: cost, kost, coust
  • English: cost (“manner, way”)

English

Etymology

From Middle French cystique, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kústis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

cystic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a cyst.
2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the gall bladder or the urinary bladder.

Derived terms

• cystic duct
• cystic fibrosis
• cystic worm
• semicystic

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