91 English Words Ending in CYST
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Definition: 1. (zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
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Definition: 1. A chitinous cyst of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in some hydroids
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Definition: 1. (zoology) An organ of the Ctenophora, possibly a sensory organ. It is a black speck in the depression on the aboral side of the body.
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Definition: 1. (biology) A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite.
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Definition: 1. (anatomy, ophthalmology) The lacrimal sac.
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Definition: 1. (biology) A dormant zygotic stage of the life cycle of dinoflagellates
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Definition: 1. (zoology) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.
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Definition: 1. (transitive) To enclose within a cyst.
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Definition: 1. (zoology) An inner layer of the cyst walls of Bryozoa.
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