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cystic

cystic

19 7.2
Relating to a small sac in the body that is not normal and often filled with fluid
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪstɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : quístico
  • A few years ago, I got really bad cystic acne all over my forehead.
  • cystic fibrosis
  • cystic carcinoma
  • cystic mass

It can affect your skin, so you can have cystic acne or oily skin.

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Examples

  • Cystic fibrosis, as you know, is a genetic disease that basically makes my body produce a shit ton of mucus.

  • A 17-year-old female with cystic fibrosis.

  • Some people get very bad cystic acne.

  • Half of my face going down into my chin was just destroyed with these huge, huge cystic acne spots.

  • I also got the fun ghost zits, the cystic acne where you can feel it.

  • I have combo dry skin as an adult now, but I had cystic acne as a teenager.

  • I have cystic fibrosis.

  • It can affect your skin, so you can have cystic acne or oily skin.

  • The lesion showed peripheral contrast enhancement and contained central cystic and necrotic areas.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Teenagers often experience cystic acne, which can be painful and persistent.

Synonyms

cystoid
vscystic
  • Specialized
9.4

Having the shape of a small fluid-filled sac inside the body

is more general, relating to or resembling an abnormal fluid sac
encysted
vscystic
  • Specialized
9.9

Closed inside a small pouch in the body, often in tissue

is broader, covering things that relate to or resemble an abnormal fluid sac

Compounds

cystic fibrosis
  • Specialized
6 5.0

A serious inherited disease that makes thick sticky mucus in the lungs and other organs, causing breathing and digestion problems

cystic artery
  • Specialized
1 5.7

A blood vessel from the main liver vessel that brings blood to the gallbladder and liver surface

cystic breast disease
  • Specialized
4.6

Small lumps filled with fluid form in the breast tissue

A gene making a membrane protein that controls salt and water in lung cells and whose mutations cause cystic fibrosis

cystic mastitis
  • Specialized
6.1

A breast condition with one or more lumps filled with fluid that cause swelling and pain

cystic vein
  • Specialized
5.0

A vein that carries blood from the gallbladder to a large vein in the liver

How Pimply

cystic
  • Specialized
19 7.2
acned
1 6.9
pimpled
1 3.0
blemished
1 4.1
clear
866 1.0

Surface Forms

cystic positive

Morphology

cystic = cyst (transparent) = cyst + ic

Formed by the productive medical suffix '-ic' added to 'cyst', so the meaning 'relating to a cyst' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Cystic comes from the old Greek root kystis, meaning 'pouch' or 'bladder', and you can see the same root in the simpler word cyst. So, something cystic is like a small fluid-filled 'sac' or balloon in the body.