cyst

Example Sentences

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She said: "The pain started to become a daily thing after my ovarian cyst ruptured and then my mobility started to be affected and I couldn't work."

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

I wasn’t born like this; I had an operation in my 20s to remove a harmful cyst.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

For many years, scientists assumed that each cyst housed a single, uniform type of parasite that remained inactive until it reawakened.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Six years ago, I was going in for major surgery on a cyst on my spinal cord.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

I had to have an egg-size cyst removed from my back, which was a relief because Will had started calling me “Humpback.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter