cyst

noun
🔊/sɪst/
🔊/sɪst/
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  1. a growth containing liquid that forms in or on a person’s or an animal’s body and may need to be removed囊肿;囊;包囊Topics Illnessc2
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from late Latin cystis, from Greek kustis ‘bladder’.