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Definition of cyst noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cyst

noun
 
/sɪst/
 
/sɪst/
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  1. a growth containing liquid that forms in or on a person’s or an animal’s body and may need to be removedTopics Health problemsc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from late Latin cystis, from Greek kustis ‘bladder’.
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