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cystoid

[ sis-toid ]

adjective

  1. resembling a cyst.


noun

  1. a cystlike structure or formation.

cystoid

/ ˈsɪstɔɪd /

adjective

  1. resembling a cyst or bladder
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a tissue mass, such as a tumour, that resembles a cyst but lacks an outer membrane
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cystoid1

First recorded in 1870–75; cyst + -oid
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Example Sentences

(ii) To close the wound made by the excision of a cystoid scar.

In the latter instance it is very liable to carry iris into the wound, and a cystoid cicatrix results.

The cystoid reaches its climax, but there appear now two higher types of echinoderms,—the crinoid and the starfish.

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