Definitions for cystic

cystic cys·tic

Spelling: [sis-tik]
IPA: /ˈsɪs tɪk/

Cystic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in cystic (ccisty).

Definitions for cystic

adjective

  1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or having a cyst or cysts; encysted.
  2. Anatomy. belonging or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder.

Origin of cystic

First recorded in 1625-35; cyst + -ic

Examples for cystic

By passing a canula into this and ligaturing, the cystic duct may be injected.

I read everything I could on genetics and also on cystic fibrosis.

The cystic or common duct—the latter to be chiefly considered—may be occluded by the retention in its lumen of some foreign body.

cystic tumor is liable to be mistaken for abscess, but the exploring-needle will solve the difficulty.

SMA is sometimes referred to as “Baby ALS,” because the incidence rate is so similar to cystic fibrosis and ALS.

His one stipulation before okaying a poster of his Jockey ad, for example, was that all proceeds go to cystic fibrosis.

A cystic fibrosis patient has been denied access to a compassionate use program because it's temporary.

cystic Fibrosis, a genetic malady, dooms its sufferers to a short and burdened life.

The effects of obstruction are much less important when the cystic duct is closed.

By spontaneous evaporation the ammoniacal solution deposits small, colourless crystals of cystic oxide.

Word Value for cystic
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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