嚢のう腫しゅ

noun

cyst

Medical term for a fluid-filled sac in the body. Often used in compound words like 卵巣嚢腫 (ovarian cyst).

See also: 嚢胞

• 超ちょう音おん波ぱ検けん査さで卵らん巣そうに嚢のう腫しゅが見みつかった。

  An ultrasound found a cyst on the ovary.

• 歯し根こん嚢のう腫しゅは歯はの根ね元もとにできる嚢のう腫しゅです。

  A radicular cyst is a cyst that forms at the root of a tooth.