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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

Rather than accelerating cyst growth, probenecid slowed it down.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Ueda is expected to remain in the hospital for about two weeks while receiving treatment for an infected liver cyst, the central bank said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The resulting scar was uglier than the cyst.

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

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

"In this case, finding a few cysts of cyclospora in a lettuce sample is literally like looking for a needle in a haystack," he continued.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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

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

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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