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Cyst
- Description
- Circumscribed, thick-walled lesion deep within skin
- Covered by normal Epidermis
- Contain fluid or semisolid material
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| Definition (MSH) | Any fluid-filled closed cavity or sac that is lined by an EPITHELIUM. Cysts can be of normal, abnormal, non-neoplastic, or neoplastic tissues. |
| Definition (NCI) | (sist) A sac or capsule filled with fluid. |
| Concepts | Anatomical Abnormality (T190)
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| English | Cyst, Cystic, Cysts |
| Spanish | quiste |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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