cyst

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cystis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪst/

• Audio (US):

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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.
2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds).

   cystectomy, cystitis, cystoscopy

Derived terms

• cystic

Translations

sac which develops in the natural cavities of an organ

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: киста f (kista)
• Catalan: quist m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 囊腫／囊肿 (zh) (nángzhǒng), 囊肿 (zh) (nángzhǒng)

• Czech: cysta (cs) f
• Danish: cyste (da) c
• Dutch: cyste (nl)
• Esperanto: kisto
• Finnish: kysta (fi)
• French: kyste (fr) m
• German: Zyste (de) f
• Greek: κύστη (el) f (kýsti)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: hólyag (ciszta)
• Indonesian: kista (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: cist f
• Italian: ciste or cisti f
• Japanese: 囊胞 (のうほう, nōhō)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: cyste m

  Nynorsk: cyste m

• Polish: torbiel (pl), cysta (pl) f
• Portuguese: cisto (pt) m
• Russian: киста́ (ru) f (kistá)
• Spanish: quiste (es) m
• Swedish: cysta (sv) c
• Tagalog: kiste (tl)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• enchondroma

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Middle English

Noun

cyst

1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

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Old English

Alternative forms

• cist

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

Declension of cyst (strong i-stem)

Case	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”)