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cyst

[sist] / sɪst /


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When she was five months pregnant, ultrasound examinations revealed that the fetus had a cleft palate, a brain cyst, and heart defects.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Meredydd Jones is still living with a cyst on his liver.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

During one set of experiments, researchers tested compounds that they expected would worsen the disease by increasing cellular activity linked to cyst growth.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda is hospitalized with an infected liver cyst but will provide views remotely for the upcoming policy meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

If his body had harmlessly formed a cyst around the bullet, there was no reason to take the chance.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The medications that cause ovarian suppression and have effectively relieved menstrual pain and helped millions of women to manage endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and ovarian cysts?

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

The parasite eggs migrate to the rodents' livers and develop into cysts, eventually weakening or killing the animals.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

"This is not just cysts in women's ovaries," she said.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Some had crooked backs, or humps, or horns, or antlers, or bulging cysts, or tails.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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