different between cyst vs milium

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?li?m

Noun

milium (plural milia)

1. (dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

Synonyms

• milk spot
• oil seed

Further reading

• Milium (disease) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *meljom, from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek ?????? (melín?, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mi.li.um/, [?m?li???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mi.li.um/, [?mi?lium]

Noun

milium n (genitive mili? or mil?); second declension

1. millet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• miliaceus
• miliacus
• m?liginis

Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of m?lle (“thousand”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mi?.li.um/, [?mi?li???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mi.li.um/, [?mi?lium]

Numeral

m?lium

1. genitive plural of m?lle

Usage notes

See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

• milium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• milium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• milium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette