cysti-
(sɪstɪ)
combining form of Gr. κύστις, cyst; in many modern technical words: as cyˈsticolous a. [L. -colus inhabiting], inhabiting a cyst. cyˈstiferous a. [L. -fer bearing], bearing or producing cysts. ˈcystiform a., of the form of a bladder or cyst. cyˈstigerous a. [L. -ger bearing], bearing or containing cysts. cystiˈrrhœa [F. cystirrhée] = cystorrhœa (see cysto-). ˈcystitome [F. cystitome; Gr. -τοµος cutting], an instrument for cutting open the capsule of the crystalline lens.
| 1885 Athenæum 11 Apr. 474/2 The cysticolous Myzostomida. These parasites inhabit cysts..which..are malformations of the tissues of the host produced by the irritation. 1836–39 Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 407/2 The Cystiform Entozoa. 1885 W. Roberts Urin. & Renal Dis. (ed. 4) ii. i. 239 Dense fibrous tissue, containing many large cystiform spaces. 1870 Holmes Syst. Surg. I. 511 Cystic or cystigerous growths. 1830 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. 373 Cystitome. |