cyst

English

Etymology

From Late Latin cystis, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

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.

Derived terms

• aerocyst
• autocyst
• Baker's cyst
• Bartholin's cyst
• blastocyst
• chocolate cyst
• chylocyst
• cystectomy
• cysted
• cystic
• cysticule
• cystiform
• cystlike
• cystoid
• cystose
• cystospore
• cystous
• cytocyst
• dacryocyst
• decyst
• dermoid cyst
• ectocyst
• encyst
• endocyst
• enterocyst
• epitheliocyst
• gametocyst
• ganglion cyst
• gymnocyst
• hematocyst
• heterocyst
• hypnocyst
• intracyst
• keratocyst
• lithocyst
• macrocyst
• megacyst
• mesocyst
• metacyst
• microcyst
• mucocyst
• nematocyst
• oocyst
• otocyst
• ovarian cyst
• paracyst
• paracystitis
• pericyst
• phyllocyst
• pneumatocyst
• precyst
• pseudocyst
• pyocyst
• sebaceous cyst
• somatocyst
• spermatocyst
• sporocyst
• statocyst
• tomocyst
• tubulocyst
• urocyst
• zoocyst

Translations

sac which develops in the natural cavities of an organ

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: كِيسَة f (kīsa), كِيس (ar) m (kīs)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: киста f (kista)
• Catalan: quist m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 囊腫 / 囊肿 (zh) (nángzhǒng)

• Czech: cysta (cs) f
• Danish: cyste (da) c
• Dutch: cyste (nl)
• Esperanto: kisto
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kysta (fi)
• French: kyste (fr) m
• Galician: quiste m, lobiño m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Zyste (de) f
• Greek: κύστη (el) f (kýsti)
• Hebrew: כיסתה f (kistá), כיס (he) m (kis), שלפוחית (he) f (shalpukhít)
• Hungarian: ciszta (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: kista (id)
• Irish: cist f
• Italian: cisti (it) f, ciste (it) f
• Japanese: 囊胞 (のうほう, nōhō)
• Khmer: គីស (kiih)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lisu: ꓚꓬꓺ ꓗꓶꓹ ꓔꓺ (tʃɑ̱ kɯ̌ tɑ̱)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cyste m

  Nynorsk: cyste m

• Polish: torbiel (pl), cysta (pl) f
• Portuguese: cisto (pt) m
• Romanian: chist (ro) n
• Russian: киста́ (ru) f (kistá)
• Slovak: cysta f
• Spanish: quiste (es) m
• Swedish: cysta (sv) c
• Tagalog: kiste (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kist (tr)
• Vietnamese: túi bao, nang (vi)

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 *ǵéwstus.

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

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	cyst	cyste, cysta
accusative	cyst, cyste	cyste, cysta
genitive	cyste	cysta
dative	cyste	cystum

Derived terms

• cystiġ

Related terms

• ċīs

Descendants

• Middle English: custe, coste (the latter, possibly through Old Norse)
  • Scots: cost, kost, coust
  • English: cost (“manner, way”)