- cystic (adj.)
[cystic 词源字典]
- 1630s, "pertaining to the gall bladder," from French cystique (16c.), from Modern Latin cysticus, from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch." Meaning "pertaining to a cyst" is from 1713. Cystic fibrosis coined in 1938.[cystic etymology, cystic origin, 英语词源]