cyst
noun
a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
cysts
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pluralof cyst.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He thinks he had lived with slow-growing cysts on his lungs for years, before having two operations to remove them in 2018 and 2019.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The medications that cause ovarian suppression and have effectively relieved menstrual pain and helped millions of women to manage endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and ovarian cysts?
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The parasite eggs migrate to the rodents' livers and develop into cysts, eventually weakening or killing the animals.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
"This is not just cysts in women's ovaries," she said.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
The head nurse at Hanawon for the past decade, Chun Jung-hee, told me that a high percentage of women from the North have chronic gynecological infections and cysts.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
