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# cystic

adjective (cystic)

«cystic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (medicine) To do with a cyst, a small sac or bubble in the body filled with fluid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#m1)
2. (medicine) To do with the bladder or gall bladder. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#m3)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x1)
- Cystic fibrosis is not catching; you are born with it. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x3)
- Children with cystic fibrosis often need extra salt and food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/#x4)
- Charities raise money to research cystic fibrosis. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cystic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cystic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cystic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cystic.html) on Mova free.