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Cystic to Czechs

Cystic
(Cyst"ic) a. [Cf. F. cystique.]

1. Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.

2. Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.

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

Cystic duct, the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct. — Cystic worm (Zoöl.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.

Cysticerce
(Cys"ti*cerce Cys`ti*cer"cus) n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. bladder + tail: cf. F. cysticerque.] (Zoöl.) 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).

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.

Cysticule
(Cys"ti*cule) n. [Dim. of cyst.] (Anat.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen.

Cystid
(Cys"tid) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Cystidea.

Cystidea
(||Cys*tid"e*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a bladder, pouch.] (Zoöl.) 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.

Cystidean
(Cys*tid"e*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Cystidea.

Cystine
(Cyst"ine) 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.

Cystis
(Cys"tis) n. [NL.] A cyst. See Cyst.

Cystitis
(Cys*ti"tis) n. [Cyst + -itis: cf. F. cystite.] (Med.) Inflammation of the bladder.

Cystocarp
(Cys"to*carp) n. [Gr. bladder + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

Cystocele
(Cys"to*cele) n. [Gr. bladder + tumor: cf. F. cystocele.] (Med.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Cystoid
(Cys"toid, Cys*toid"e*an), n. Same as Cystidean.

Cystoidea
(Cys*toi"de*a) n. Same as Cystidea.

Cystolith
(Cys"to*lith) n. [Gr. bladder + -lith.]

1. (Bot.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

2. (Med.) A urinary calculus.

Cystolithic
(Cys`to*lith"ic) a. (Med.) Relating to stone in the bladder.