cyst

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

• IPA^(key): /sɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɪst

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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds).

   cystectomy, cystitis, cystoscopy

• cyst and decease

• enchondroma

cyst

1. Alternative form of cheste (“chest”)

• cist

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kyst/

cyst f (nominative plural cyste or cysta)

1. choice
2. choicest, best
3. excellence, good quality

• cystiġ

• ċīs

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