cystic
pronunciation
How to pronounce cystic in British English:
UK ['sɪstɪk]
How to pronounce cystic in American English:
US ['sɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder)
- of or relating to or resembling a cyst
Word Origin
- cystic (adj.)
- 1630s, "pertaining to the gall bladder," from French cystique (16c.), from Modern Latin cysticus, from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch." Meaning "pertaining to a cyst" is from 1713. Cystic fibrosis coined in 1938.
Example
- 1. Is this the cystic fibrosis place ?
- 2. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic defect .
- 3. It is even possible he had undiagnosed cystic fibrosis .
- 4. Prevention of cystic artery bleeding during cholecystectomy with laparoscope .
- 5. Other charities have followed the cystic fibrosis foundation 's lead .