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Cystic adj.

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

Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.

(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 (Zool.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.

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Etymology of 'Cystic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cystic" Quotes from Famous Books

... looked ill and pinched. The left thigh and leg were painful and edematous. The abdomen looked like that of the sixth month of pregnancy. The abdominal wall was tense, smooth, and without lineae albicantes. Palpation revealed a cystic immobile tumor, extending 2 inches above the umbilicus and apparently fixed by deep adhesions. The fetal parts could only be made out with difficulty by deep palpation, but the heart-sounds were easily heard to the right of and below the umbilicus. By the right side ...

— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould

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