different between cyst vs stye

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

• IPA^(key): /?sta?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from styany (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from styan plus eye, the former from the Old English st??end (“rising, riser; stye”), from the verb st?gan (“climb, ascend”).

Noun

stye (plural styes)

1. (medicine) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.

Synonyms

• hordeolum, powk (dialect)

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

stye (plural styes)

1. Archaic form of sty. (shelter for pigs)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:stye.

Anagrams

• Tyes, etys, stey, teys, tyes, yest, yet's, yets

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English st??.

Noun

stye

1. Alternative form of sty (“path”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stigi.

Noun

stye

1. Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)