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# cystic

«cystic» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with a cyst, a small sac or bubble in the body…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (cystic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) To do with a cyst, a small sac or bubble in the body filled with fluid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#m1)

2) (medicine) To do with the bladder or gall bladder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#m2)

3) Mostly heard in «cystic fibrosis», an illness people are born with that makes thick, sticky mucus in the lungs and gut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Children meet this word mainly in «cystic fibrosis» (CF), an inherited illness; children with CF take medicines, do physio to clear their lungs, and must avoid passing germs to each other. In health lessons it is a reminder that some illnesses come from genes and cannot be caught.

### examples

- My cousin has cystic fibrosis and does breathing exercises every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x1)
- Cystic fibrosis is not catching; you are born with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x2)
- The doctor said the lump was a cystic swelling, full of fluid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x3)
- Children with cystic fibrosis often need extra salt and food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x4)
- Charities raise money to research cystic fibrosis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x5)

### note

Said «SIS-tik». Adjective only, almost never used alone in everyday talk. «Cyst» is the noun. «Fibrosis» means the growth of too much tough tissue.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cystic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.