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<cs><col>Cystic duct</col>, <cd>the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct.</cd> -- <col>Cystic worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cysticerce sst-srs, Cysticercus</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw><hw>Cys"ti*cerce</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?-s?rs)</tt>, <hw>Cys`ti*cer"cus</hw> <tt>(-s?r"k?s)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>cysticercus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bladder + <?/<?/<?/<?/ tail: cf. F. <ets>cysticerque</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also <altname>bladder worm</altname>, <altname>hydatid</altname>, and <altname>measle</altname> (as, pork <i>measle</i>).</def>

<note>&hand; 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 <er>Measles</er>, 4, <er>Tapeworm</er>.</note>

<h1>Cysticule</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys"ti*cule</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?-k?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. of <ets>cyst</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Cystid</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys"tid</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Cystidea.</def>

<h1>Cystidea</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys*tid"e*a</hw> <tt>(s?s-t?d"?-?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ a bladder, pouch.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Cystidean</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys*tid"e*an</hw> <tt>(-t?d"?-a]/>n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Cystidea.</def>

<h1>Cystine</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cyst"ine</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?n; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cyst</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance, <chform>C3H7NSO2</chform>, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.</def><-- cysteine? -->

<h1>Cystis</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys"tis</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A cyst. See <er>Cyst</er>.</def>

<h1>Cystitis</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys*ti"tis</hw> <tt>(s?s-t?"t?s)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cyst</ets> + <ets>-itis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cystite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the bladder.</def>

<h1>Cystocarp</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys"to*carp</hw> <tt>(s?s"t?-k?rp)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bladder + <?/<?/<?/<?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.</def>

<h1>Cystocele</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys"to*cele</hw> <tt>(-s?l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ bladder + <?/<?/<?/ tumor: cf. F. <ets>cystocele</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.</def>

<h1>Cystoid, Cystoidean</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw><hw>Cys"toid</hw>, <hw>Cys*toid"e*an</hw><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cystidean</er>.</def>

<h1>Cystoidea</h1> <Xpage=363>

<hw>Cys*toi"de*a</hw> <tt>(s?s-toi"d?-?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cystidea</er>.</def>

<h1>Cystolith</h1> <Xpage=363>

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