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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Cystic \Cyst"ic\ (s?s"t?k), a. [Cf. F. cystique.]
     1. Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic
        entozoa.
  
     2. Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.
  
     3. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp.,
        pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder
        or the gall bladder.
  
     {Cystic duct}, the duct from the gall bladder which unites
        with the hepatic to form the common bile duct.
  
     {Cystic worm} (Zo["o]l.), a larval tape worm, as the
        cysticercus and echinococcus.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cystic
       adj 1: of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or
              urinary bladder)
       2: of or relating to or resembling a cyst

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