cyst/o
urinary bladder; sac
From Greek kystis, bladder, pouch
Meaning
What does cyst/o mean?
cyst/o is a root meaning urinary bladder; sac. It comes from Greek kystis, bladder, pouch.
Inside words it is spelled cyst.
In urinary words cyst/o means the bladder; cholecyst/o is the gallbladder, and on its own a cyst is any closed sac.
In real words
Medical words with cyst/o
inflammation of the urinary bladder, most often from a bacterial infection
looking inside the bladder and urethra with a thin scope passed in through the urethra
a bulging of the bladder into the vagina when the wall between them weakens
a fluid-filled sac, often after pancreatitis, that looks like a cyst but lacks a true cyst's cell lining
made up of many cysts, as in a multicystic dysplastic kidney
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Parts easily confused with cyst/o
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Terms in our life science dictionary that list cyst/o among their word parts.
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Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- 5.3: Word Components Related to the Urinary System
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
- cysto- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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