cystic1 (sistik)

[= F. cystique = Sp. cístico =Pg. cystico = It. cistico, 2. Resembling a cyst; cystoid; vesicular; bladdery.-3. Having a cyst or cysts; full of cysts; cystose: as, a cystic tumor.-4. In zoöl., encysted; cysticercoid; hydatid: specifically applied to the encysted or hydatid state of any tapeworm ( Tania ): opposed to cestoid (which see). Also, improperly, cistic . 1434 Cystic worm, or bladder - worm , a hydatid or scolex of a tapeworm, which may be a cysticercus with one tæniahead, or a coœænure or echinococcus with several such heads. See these words, and cut under tænia . cystic2 (sis'tik), a . [ cyst in .