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Plural of cyst

regular plural

The plural of cyst is cysts.

Forms of cyst

Singularcyst /sɪst/
Pluralcysts /sɪsts/
Countablecountable

Cysts in a sentence

  • Spermatoceles are intrascrotal cysts containing sperm that derive from the small tubules of the epididymis.From the entry intrascrotal
  • It contained many cysts which were filled with sagolike granules that could be expressed under pressure.1949, United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 49, number 1, page 61. From the entry express
  • Three cysts were found on his right lung and part of it was removed in a brutal operation.2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian. From the entry brush
  • They are usually motile, oval or spherical bacteria that form thick-walled cysts and may produce large quantities of capsular slime.2021, Ajar Nath Yadav, Khem Singh Gill, Production Technology for Bioagents and Biofertilizers, Eternal University. From the entry azotobacter
  • If present, cysts are typically found at the corticomedullar border.2015 May 19, Sandra Habbig, Max Christoph Liebau, “Ciliopathies - from rare inherited cystic kidney diseases to basic cellular function”…. From the entry corticomedullar

Meaning of cyst

  1. noun 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.

Full definition of cyst

Questions about the plural of cyst

What is the plural of cyst?
The plural of cyst is cysts.
Is cyst countable?
Cyst is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cyst (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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