different between cyst vs lipoma

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

lipo- +? -oma

Noun

lipoma (plural lipomas or lipomata)

1. (pathology) A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• pimola

Catalan

Etymology

lipo- +? -oma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomes)

1. (medicine) lipoma

Related terms

• liposarcoma

Further reading

• “lipoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Italian

Etymology

lipo- +? -oma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomi)

1. (oncology) lipoma

Anagrams

• amplio, ampliò
• impalo, impalò

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lip?ma/, [?l?ip?ma]

Noun

lipoma

1. dative/instrumental/locative dual of lipa
2. dative/instrumental/locative dual of lip

Spanish

Etymology

lipo- +? -oma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li?poma/, [li?po.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: li?po?ma

Noun

lipoma m (plural lipomas)

1. (oncology) lipoma

Related terms

• liposarcoma

Further reading

• “lipoma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.