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A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
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A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.
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A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
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Common lesion in the breast, thought to result from coalescence of lobular acini.
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A fluid filled lump in the skin.
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A pocket-like structure filled with fluid. Also referred to as a nodule.
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Simple, saclike cavity that can develop in any of a number of different body tissues; it usually contains fluid or a semisolid, cheesy or doughy material.
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fluid filled structure. May be normal or abnormal depending on circumstances.
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fluid-filled mass. They can be left alone or the fluid can be removed by aspiration with a fine needle to be examined by a pathologist. These are not solid lumps and are usually benign. Small cysts are a common finding in ultrasound – see ANDI.
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a sac containing a dormant animal. a sac of morbid matter in plant or animal tissue.
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A sac containing liquid or semisolid material usually in the dermis.
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A sac or pocket in the body containing fluid or semisolid material.
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a closed sac or capsule containing liquid or a semi-solid substance. Associated terms: encyst.
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a sac-like structure filled with fluid and diseased matter.
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An encased infection consisting of fluid or semi-solid material. Decalcification Pertaining to the loss of calcium from teeth making them weaker and more susceptible to decay.
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Sac or cavity filled with fluid or disease matter.
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Abnormal sac containing liquid or semisolid matter.
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A tissue cavity that contains fluid or viscous liquid and is surrounded by a tissue capsule.
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(anatomy) Any closed cavity or sac that is lined by epithelium often contains liquid or semi-solid material.
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fibrous capsule containing fluid.
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a membrane sac containing fluid or semisolid matter. Degeneration - deterioration as a result of chemical change or invasion of abnormal matter.
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(sist) Closed, usually spherical, membranous sac that develops abnormally in human or other animal tissue and contains fluid or semisolid material. Some types of cysts form when glands are blocked, and most cysts are benign.
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A closed sac having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a body cavity or structure.
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an abnormal, saclike structure that contains liquid or semisolid material which may be benign or malignant.
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A collection of fluid within the spinal cord that may increase pressure on the cord and lead to pain, dysreflexia, and/or loss of sensation.
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Microscopic saclike body having a robust wall that in some microalgae, protozoans, and other protists serves as a resting stage in the life cycle preceding sexual reproduction.
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Sack-like reproductive structure that contains millions of infective larvae, which infect a canine when it accidentally swallows it.
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a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
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a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
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a benign condition in which a tube becomes filled with fluid and it is the tube that generally allows the milk to come out from the breast
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a benign, membranous sac containing gas or fluid or semi-solid substances
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a bubble of fluid in the body
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a cavity containing fluid and surrounded by a covering (capsule)
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a cavity lined by an epithelium
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a closed bag having a distinct membrane and developing abnormally in a cavity or structure of the body
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a closed cavity or sac lined with a thin layer of covering tissue called epithelium
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a closed cavity which contains fluid or semi-solid material
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a closed pocket or pouch of tissue
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a closed pouch of tissue that may be filled with pus, fluid, air or other material
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a closed sac or poupch, with a definite wall,
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a closed sac that can be filled with matter
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a collection of fluid and appears to be different from the normal tissue
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a collection of fluid in a sac-like structure
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a collection of fluid in a small sac in the breast, and it is rare for it to be cancerous
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a deep adult acne treatment, painful pus-filled lesion that can cause scarring
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a fluid filled body, in this case smaller than a billiard ball
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a harmless sac-like growth in the deeper layers of the skin ,
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a lesion that contains fluid or semi-solid material
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a lesion that holds fluid or semisolid material while a tumor is a growth of tissue that creates either an enlargement or swelling
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a little balloon filled with air or fluid on one
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a little pocket with some liquid in it
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a lump or sac that is
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a mass made up of a collection of material, usually mucus, that is surrounded by a membrane
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an abnormal closed cavity in the body, lined by epithelium (membrane tissue) containing a liquid or semisolid material
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an abnormal, closed sac-like structure within a tissue that contains
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an abnormal lump, swelling, or sac that contains fluid, a are in the basal ganglia, hypothalamus, optic chiasm, and pineal gland
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an abnormal lump, swelling, or sac that contains fluid, a part solid material, or a gas, and is covered with a membrane
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an abnormal pocket of fluid, like a blister, that can form in many different areas of the body including the skin, genitals and internal organs
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an abnormal sac or membrane containing a fluid or semisolid material
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an abnormal sac with fluid in
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an abnormal sac within the body containing fluid or
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an enclosed sac or pouch that usually contains liquid or semisolid material
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a sac containing fluid or semi-solid material
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a sac filled with liquid or a jelly-like material
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a sac filled with liquid or semisolid material
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a saclike growth on the body in which liquid is contained
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a sac-like lesion containing liquid or semi-liquid material consisting of white blood cells, dead cells, and bacteria
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a saclike structure in the body
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a saclike structure usually filled with fluid
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