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cystoid

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cystoid /cys·toid/ (sis´toid)
1. resembling a cyst.
2. a cystlike, circumscribed collection of softened material, having no enclosing capsule.

cys·toid (sstoid)
adj.
Formed like or resembling a cyst.
n.
A structure resembling a cyst but having no capsule.

cystoid
[sis′toid]
Etymology: Gk, kystis, bag + eidos, form
pertaining to or resembling a cyst or bladder.

cystoid
1. resembling a cyst.
2. a cystlike, circumscribed collection of softened material, having no enclosing capsule.


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