cyrilla
— Noun
– English
~ shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
Cyrilliaceae
— Noun
– English
~ shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia
Cyrillic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages; "Cyrillic writing"
Cyrillic alphabet
— Noun
– English
~ an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
cyrillic
— Noun
– English
~ an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
Cyrtomium
— Noun
– English
~ small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
Cyrtomium aculeatum
— Noun
– English
~ tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
Cyrus
— Noun
– English
~ Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
cyst
— Noun
– English
~ a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure
cyst
— Noun
– English
~ a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
cysteine
— Noun
– English
~ an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
cystic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to or resembling a cyst
cystic
— Adjective
– English
~ of or relating to a normal cyst (as the gallbladder or urinary bladder)
cystic artery
— Noun
– English
~ a branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver
cystine
— Noun
– English
~ a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones
cystitis
— Noun
– English
~ inflammation of the urinary bladder and ureters
cystocele
— Noun
– English
~ hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes through the wall of the vagina; sometimes occurs after childbirth
cystolith
— Noun
– English
~ a calculus formed in the bladder
cystoparalysis
— Noun
– English
~ paralysis of the urinary bladder