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Definition of Ovarian cyst
1. Noun. A cystic tumor (usually benign) of the ovary.
Definition of Ovarian cyst
1. Noun. Any collection of fluid, surrounded by a very thin wall, within an ovary; any ovarian follicle that is larger than about two centimeters is termed an ovarian cyst. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ovarian cyst
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovarian Cyst
Literary usage of Ovarian cyst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"To the right of the uterus a hard mass could be felt, movable like the base of
a multilocular ovarian cyst. The uterus was normal. ..."
2. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1895)
"LARGE ovarian cyst. By LEON BRINKMAN, MI). [Read April 24, 1895.] THE specimen
I here show you is one of unilocular ovarian cyst removed from a maiden lady, ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"22897^) consists of an ovarian cyst of the left ovary, about the size of a grapefruit,
... High power photograph of stroma from ovarian cyst wall. ..."
4. Operative gynecology by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1917)
"... ovarian cyst. This large class includes the majority of ovarian tumors as
encountered at the operating table. The cyst is usually multilocular, ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1891)
"... ovarian cyst, which was removed and the patient recovered. Displaced Kidney.—It
would hardly seem possible that a displaced kidney should be mistaken ..."
6. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1917)
"To-day 1 wish to take up one phase of abdominal surgery in which torsion of the
ovarian cyst figures largely; namely, strangulation of an ovarian cyst ..."
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