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POLYCYSTIC

Specialty Definition: POLYCYSTIC

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Health

An inherited disorder characterized by many grape-like clusters of fluid-filled cysts that make both kidneys larger over time. These cysts take over and destroy working kidney tissue. PKD may cause chronic renal failure and end-stage renal disease. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: POLYCYSTIC

Specialty definitions using "POLYCYSTIC": HyperandrogenismPolycystic Ovary Syndrome. (references)

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Commercial Usage: POLYCYSTIC

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References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Polycystic Kidney Disease (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Living with P.C.O.S.: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (reference)

  • The Pcos Diet Book: How You Can Use the Nutritional Approach to Deal With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (reference)

  • Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Desease: Seminar on Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Vimercate, June 18, 1994 (Contributions to nep (reference)

  • Neuropsychiatric and genetic aspects of a new hereditary disease characterized by progressive dementia and lipomembranous polycystic osteodysplasia (reference)

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Polycystic Kidney Disease (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: POLYCYSTIC

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Gross pathology of polycystic kidneys. Ureters are visible. Credit: CDC.

Patient also had polycystic kidneys. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: POLYCYSTIC

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous cysts in the kidneys. (references)

Approximately 2 percent of individuals with TSC develop large numbers of cysts in a pattern similar to polycystic kidney disease during childhood. (references)

These include polycystic ovarian syndrome, which may cause menstrual disturbances, weight gain from adolescence, excess hair growth and sometimes impaired insulin action and diabetes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: POLYCYSTIC

"POLYCYSTIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "POLYCYSTIC" is used about 3 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: POLYCYSTIC

Expressions using "POLYCYSTIC": polycystic kidney polycystic kidney disease Polycystic Kidney Diseases Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: POLYCYSTIC

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.
 
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per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

polycystic ovarian syndrome

731

diet ovarian polycystic syndrome

6

polycystic ovary syndrome

406

pregnancy and polycystic ovary

5

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396

cyst ovarian polycystic

5

polycystic kidney disease

175

adult polycystic kidney disease

4

polycystic ovarian disease

171

fibrosis polycystic

4

polycystic kidney

85

ovary picture polycystic

4

polycystic

83

diet ovary polycystic syndrome

4

polycystic ovary disease

65

disease kidney picture polycystic

4

polycystic ovarian

62

disease ovarian polycystic symptom

4

polycystic disease

21

glucophage ovarian polycystic syndrome

4

polycystic liver disease

19

ovarian polycystic pregnancy syndrome

4

polycystic syndrome

16

metformin polycystic ovarian syndrome

4

polycystic ovarian syndrome treatment

14

infantile polycystic kidney disease

4

polycystic ovarian syndrome symptom

11

loss ovary polycystic syndrome weight

4

polycystic ovarian disorder

8

polycystic kidney disease symptom

3

ovary polycystic symptom

8

metformin ovary polycystic syndrome

3

liver polycystic

7

disease ovarian polycystic treatment

3

pcos polycystic ovarian syndrome

6

ovarian ovary polycystic syndrome

3

ovary polycystic treatment

6

autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease

3

ovary polycystic symptom syndrome

6

diet ovary polycystic

3
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Modern Translation: POLYCYSTIC

Language Translations for "POLYCYSTIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

polycystiske nyrer (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), polycystisk nyre (polycystic kidney), renes polycystica (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), cystenyre (polycystic kidney). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

polycystosis renis (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), polycystose renis (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), ren cysticus (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), cystennier (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

munuaisten polykystinen tauti (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), munuaisten monirakkulatauti (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), morbus polycysticus renum (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease). (various references)

   

French

  

polykystose rénale du type adulte (polycystic renal disease), polykystose rénale (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), rein microkystique (polycystic kidney), maladie kystique des reins (polycystic renal disease). (various references)

   

German

  

Zystenniere (cystic kidney, polycystic renal disease), Wabenniere (polycystic kidney), Nierenzyste (cystic kidney, polycystic renal disease, renal cyst). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πολυκυστική νεφροπάθεια (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease). (various references)

   

Italian

  

rene policistico (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney, polycystic kidney disease), malattia policistica del rene (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

olycysticpay

   

Spanish

  

poliquistosis renal (autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, congenital polycystic disease, polycystic kidney disease), riñón poliquístico (polycystic kidney). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: POLYCYSTIC

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Latin500 BCE-Modern

renes polycystica. (various references)

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Anagrams: POLYCYSTIC

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-i-l-o-p-s-t-y-y"

-3 letters: copyist, cyclist, cyclops.

-4 letters: colics, cosily, costly, cyclos, cystic, octyls, optics, picots, pilots, pistol, policy, polity, spoilt, topics.

-5 letters: cisco, clips, clipt, clits, clops, clots, cloys, coils, colic, colts, coyly, cyclo, lotic, lytic, octyl, optic, picot, pilot, pisco, plots, ploys, polis, polys, posit, potsy, silty, slipt, spicy, spilt, split, spoil, stoic, styli, tipsy.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-i-l-o-p-s-t-y-y"
 

+3 letters: psychotically.

 

+4 letters: psychoanalytic.

 

+5 letters: cytoplasmically, sycophantically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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