Pimple vs. Cyst

Pimplenoun

An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

Pimplenoun

(slang) An annoying person.

Pimpleverb

To develop pimples

Pimplenoun

Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not.

Pimplenoun

Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.

Pimplenoun

a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

Pimple

A pimple is a kind of comedo that results from excess sebum and dead skin cells getting trapped in the pores of the skin. In its aggravated state, it may evolve into a pustule or papules.

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.