Cyst: alternatives and connections

A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc.

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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

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A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.

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A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is us…

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A cyst formed under the tongue by obstruction of the duct of the submaxillary gland.

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The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

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See Sacs.

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

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

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A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.

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