a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. [ Cf. F. cystique. ]
Cystic duct,
Cystic worm (Zool.),
☞ These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles, 4, Tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim. of cyst. ] (Anat.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a bladder, pouch. ] (Zool.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Cyst. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A white crystalline substance,
n. [ NL. ] A cyst. See Cyst. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cyst + -itis: cf. F. cystite. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the bladder. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Hepatic + cystic. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder;
‖n. [ NL. See Macro-, and Cyst. ] (Bot.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Mono-, and Cyst. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to a division (
‖prop. n. [ NL. See Nereid, and Cyst. ] (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL. See Peri-, and Cystitis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bladder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Zool.)
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Poly-, and Cystidea. ] (Zool.) A division of Gregarinæ including those that have two or more internal divisions of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Poly-, and Cyst. ] (Zool.) A division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant in form and sculpture. Many have been found in the fossil state. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Polycystina. --
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