- a closed, bladderlike sac formed in animal tissues, containing fluid or semifluid matter.
- a bladder, sac, or vesicle.
- Botany, Mycology.
- a sporelike cell with a resistant, protective wall.
- a cell or cavity enclosing reproductive bodies.
- Zoology.
- a sac, usually spherical, surrounding an animal that has passed into a dormant condition.
- such a sac plus the contained animal.
- a capsule or resistant covering.
- variant of cysto-, before a vowel: cystectomy.
- variant of cysto-, as final element in a compound word: statocyst.
- any abnormal membranous sac or blisterlike pouch containing fluid or semisolid material
- any normal sac or vesicle in the body
- a thick-walled protective membrane enclosing a cell, larva, or organism
- indicating a bladder or sac
