cystic : Idioms & Phrases

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cystic artery

  • noun a branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver
    arteria cystica.
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cystic breast disease

  • noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
    fibrocystic breast disease; fibrocystic disease of the breast; cystic breast disease.
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Cystic duct

  • the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct.
Webster 1913

cystic fibrosis

  • noun the most common congenital disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
    mucoviscidosis; fibrocystic disease of the pancreas; CF; pancreatic fibrosis.
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cystic fibrosis transport regulator

  • noun the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis
    CFTR.
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cystic mastitis

  • noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
    fibrocystic breast disease; fibrocystic disease of the breast; cystic breast disease.
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cystic vein

  • noun vein that drains the gallbladder
    vena cystica.
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Cystic worm

  • (Zoöl.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.
Webster 1913