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HEMATOCYST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hematocyst mean?
• HEMATOCYST (noun)
The noun HEMATOCYST has 1 sense:
1. a cyst containing blood
Familiarity information: HEMATOCYST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cyst containing blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
blood cyst; hematocyst; hemorrhagic cyst
Hypernyms ("hematocyst" is a kind of...):
cyst (a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hematocyst"):
cephalhematoma; cephalohematoma (a collection of blood under the scalp of a newborn; caused by pressure during birth)
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