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cyst

Cyst vs Bulla - What's the difference?

cyst | bulla |


As nouns the difference between cyst and bulla

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while bulla is a blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion.

Cele vs Cyst - What's the difference?

cele | cyst |

Cele is likely misspelled.


Cele has no English definition.

As a noun cyst is

a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

Cyst vs Marsupialization - What's the difference?

cyst | marsupialization |


As nouns the difference between cyst and marsupialization

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while marsupialization is (surgery) the surgical technique of cutting a slit into a cyst and suturing its edges to form a continuous surface from the exterior to the interior of the cyst, allowing it to drain freely.

Cyst vs Pilonidal - What's the difference?

cyst | pilonidal |


As a noun cyst

is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

As an adjective pilonidal is

having body hairs which have grown in a concentrated area on the skin and formed a cyst or abscess.

Cyst vs Pseudocyst - What's the difference?

cyst | pseudocyst |


As nouns the difference between cyst and pseudocyst

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while pseudocyst is (medicine) a pathological collection of fluid, differing from a cyst in lacking a clearly-defined epithelial cell layer.

Cyst vs Tubulocyst - What's the difference?

cyst | tubulocyst |


As nouns the difference between cyst and tubulocyst

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while tubulocyst is a cyst formed by the blockage of a tubule.

Cyst vs Sporocyst - What's the difference?

cyst | sporocyst |


As nouns the difference between cyst and sporocyst

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while sporocyst is a cyst that develops from a sporoblast and from which sporozoites develop.

Cyst vs Hydatid - What's the difference?

cyst | hydatid |


As nouns the difference between cyst and hydatid

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while hydatid is a cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm.

Cyst vs Cystlike - What's the difference?

cyst | cystlike |


As a noun cyst

is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

As an adjective cystlike is

resembling or characteristic of a cyst.

Cyst vs Chalazion - What's the difference?

cyst | chalazion |


As nouns the difference between cyst and chalazion

is that cyst is a pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ while chalazion is a cyst in the eyelid, caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland.

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