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Definition: Cystic |
CysticAdjective1. Of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder). 2. Of or relating to or resembling a cyst. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Referring to a cyst. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Receptacle | Adjective: capsular; saccular, sacculated; recipient; ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric; marsupial; siliquose, siliquous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cystic |
| English words defined with "cystic": bile duct ♦ Cistic, common bile duct, Cystose ♦ dermoid cyst ♦ galactocele, Gall duct ♦ Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, hepatic duct ♦ keratomalacia ♦ malabsorption syndrome ♦ ovarian cyst ♦ Schuller-Christian disease ♦ zinc deficiency. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cystic": Bile Duct Obstruction, Extrahepatic, Blessig cysts, Blessig's cysts ♦ Caroli's Disease, Cystic Duct Obstruction ♦ Dentigerous Cyst, Dientamoeba, Drainage, Postural ♦ Hepatic Duct, Common ♦ Lymphangioma, Cystic, Lymphocele ♦ Macular Edema, Cystoid, Mice, Inbred CFTR, Mice, Knockout, Multicystic Dysplastic Kidney ♦ Ovarian Cysts ♦ PULMONARY-FUNCTION TECHNICIAN, pulmonary-function technologis ♦ Retinoids ♦ Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ♦ torulosis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cystic": Hepatocystic. (references) |
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 | Blood taken is usually screened for Phenylketonuria (PKU), HIV, and cystic fibrosis, to name only a few disease processes that are detectable in this manner. Credit: CDC. |  | Dr. Dorothy H. Anderson, half-length portrait, facing front, accepting award plaque for her discovery of Cystic Fibrosis from Robert Natal (right), president of the New York Chapter of the National Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Victor Blitzer, former pr. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | NIH Consensus Development Conference on Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis. (references) | |
WHO. Guidelines for treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans. (references) | ||
Every year, 1,000 children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are born in the United States. (references) | ||
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| "Cystic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cystic" is used about 233 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 233 | 19,663 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "cystic": adenoid cystic cancer ♦ cystic artery ♦ cystic breast disease ♦ Cystic Duct ♦ Cystic Duct Obstruction ♦ Cystic fibrosis ♦ Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator ♦ cystic mastitis ♦ cystic vein ♦ Cystic worm. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cystic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مثاني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 囊状. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | cystisk, blaeret, bestaaende af blaerer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | cystisch, cysticus, vesicaal (vesicular), blaasvormig (bullous), blaasachtig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rakkulakasvain (cystic tumor), rakkulainen limakasvain (cystic myxoma), keuhkojen kystinen hamartooma (CCAM of the lung, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cystique (cystitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Blasen (bladders, blisters, blow, blow on, bubble, bubbles, puff, to blow, to toot, toot, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυστικόσ τησ κύστεωσ, κυστικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rángógörcs (cystic fibrosis, eclampsia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 담낭. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheaneagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysticcay cístico. (various references) chistic. (various references) пузырный (vesicular). (various references) cístico. (various references) cystiskt myxom (cystic myxoma), cystisk tumör (cystic tumor). (various references) sidiktorbası ile ilgili, sidiktorbası, safrakesesi, kist ile ilgili, kist (cyst, vesicle). (various references) кистозний, пузирчастий (beady). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cystic": cysticerci, cysticercoid, cysticercoids, cysticercoses, cysticercosis, cysticercus. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cystic": fibrocystic, otocystic, polycystic. (additional references) | |
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"Cystic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bystrica, cesti, ciatic, Ciftci, clysmic, costic, Costica, csic, cyatic, cyctic, cyotic, cyste, cysteic, cystica, cystis, cysto, cystu. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cystic" (pronounced si"stik) |
| 6 | s i" s t i k | narcissistic. |
| 5 | -i" s t i k | altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atheistic, autistic, ballistic, capitalistic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, deterministic, dualistic, euphemistic, expressionistic, fatalistic, feudalistic, futuristic, hedonistic, holistic, humanistic, idealistic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, jingoistic, journalistic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, paternalistic, patristic, pessimistic, pluralistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, sadistic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, synergistic, terroristic, uncharacteristic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, atavistic, bombastic, caustic, diagnostic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, evangelistic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, inelastic, interscholastic, majestic, masochistic, monastic, onomastic, plastic, rustic, sarcastic, scholastic, thermoplastic, unenthusiastic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: cist, city, cyst, tics. | |
-3 letters: cis, icy, its, sic, sit, sty, tic, tis. | |
-4 letters: is, it, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: cyclist. | |
+2 letters: cyclists, scarcity, synectic. | |
+3 letters: bicyclist, cityscape, cyclitols, cytosolic, dactylics, otocystic, oxytocics, psychotic, syncretic, syntactic, tricycles. | |
+4 letters: astrocytic, bicyclists, causticity, cityscapes, cryostatic, cysticerci, cytostatic, microcytes, polycystic, psychotics, scratchily, succinctly, syntactics, trichocyst, tricyclics, unicyclist, viscountcy. | |
+5 letters: actinomyces, antisecrecy, aristocracy, ascetically, cataclysmic, caustically, consistency, conspicuity, cybernetics, cyclicities, cysticercus, cystoscopic, cytoplasmic, cytostatics, fibrocystic, histiocytic, inconstancy, psychiatric, pyroclastic, specificity, sycophantic, syntactical, trichocysts, unicyclists. | |
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