| cyst |
a fluid-filled vesicle or sac within body tissue, usu. an abnormal or pathological development. [3 definitions] |
| cystectomy |
the surgical removal of a cyst, or of all or part of a bladder. |
| cystic |
of, resembling, having, or enclosed in a cyst or cysts. [2 definitions] |
| cysticercus |
the larva of any of several tapeworms, consisting of a headlike part enclosed in a fluid-filled sac; bladderworm. |
| cystic fibrosis |
a congenital disease usu. developing in childhood and characterized by poor digestion, breathing difficulties, and pancreatic inflammation. |
| cystitis |
inflammation of the urinary bladder. |
| cysto- |
bladder; sac. |
| cystoscope |
an instrument for examining the urinary bladder and passages. |
| -cyte |
cell. |
| cyto- |
cell. |
| cytogenetics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of heredity using the sciences of cytology and genetics. |
| cytology |
the branch of biology concerned with the structures and processes internal to cells. [2 definitions] |
| cytoplasm |
the ground protoplasm of cells that is outside the nucleus. [2 definitions] |
| cytoplast |
the cytoplasmic structure of a cell. |
| cytosine |
the pyrimidine base of the nucleotide cytidine, an essential component of the genetic material DNA and RNA. |
| czar |
a king or ruler, esp. the emperor of historic Russia. [3 definitions] |
| czardas |
a Hungarian dance in two movements, the first slow and the second fast, or music for this dance. |
| czarevitch |
the eldest son of a czar. |
| czarevna |
a daughter of a czar. |
| czarina |
the wife of a czar. |
| czarism |
autocratic rule; tyranny. |