Cyst vs. Abscess

Cystnoun

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.

Cystnoun

(medicine) Of or pertaining to the urinary bladder or gall bladder (in compounds).

Cystnoun

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.

Cystnoun

One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algæ, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.

Cystnoun

A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.

Cystnoun

a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure

Cystnoun

a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

Cyst

A cyst is a closed sac, having a distinct envelope and division compared with the nearby tissue. Hence, it is a cluster of cells that have grouped together to form a sac (like the manner in which water molecules group together to form a bubble); however, the distinguishing aspect of a cyst is that the cells forming the of such a sac are distinctly abnormal (in both appearance and behaviour) when compared with all surrounding cells for that given location.

Abscessnoun

(pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.

Abscessverb

(intransitive) To form a pus-filled cavity, typically from an infection.

Abscessnoun

A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process.

Abscessnoun

symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue

Abscess

An abscess is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body. Signs and symptoms of abscesses include redness, pain, warmth, and swelling.