a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. cholh` bile + &unr_; bladder. ] (Anat.) The gall bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cystique. ] 1. Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cystic duct, the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct. --
Cystic worm (Zool.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bladder + ke`rkos tail: cf. F. cysticerque. ] (Zool.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles, 4, Tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of cyst. ] (Anat.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a bladder, pouch. ] (Zool.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cyst. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] A cyst. See Cyst. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cyst + -itis: cf. F. cystite. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hepatic + cystic. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Macro-, and Cyst. ] (Bot.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Mono-, and Cyst. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of the protozoan order Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Nereid, and Cyst. ] (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Peri-, and Cystitis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bladder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) (a) One of the Polycystidea. (b) One of the Polycystina. -- a. Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Poly-, and Cystidea. ] (Zool.) A division of Gregarinæ including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Poly-, and Cyst. ] (Zool.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Polycystina. -- n. One of the Polycystina. [ 1913 Webster ]

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