zystisch

Zystisch is a German adjective meaning cystic, used to describe structures, lesions, or diseases that involve cysts. In medical contexts it qualifies nouns such as Veränderungen (changes), Läsionen (lesions), or Tumoren (tumors) to indicate that the entity consists of or contains cysts. For example, zystische Veränderungen der Leber refer to cystic changes in the liver, while ein zystischer Befund describes a cystic finding. The term is common in radiology, pathology, and organ-specific medicine.

Etymology and usage: Zystisch derives from the noun Zyste (cyst) with the suffix -isch, signaling relation or pertaining to. The root Zyste comes from Latin cysta, via Greek kystis, reflecting the classical medical vocabulary for sacs or bladders and linking zystisch to similar terms in other languages such as cystic in English or cystique in French.

Cross-linguistic context: In languages other than German, cognates and equivalents exist, such as English cystic or French cystique. In Polish medical terminology, standard adjectives for relating to cysts are typically cystowy or torbielowy; zystisch is not part of standard Polish usage and would usually be treated as a loanword from German or encountered in German-language texts.

See also Zyste; Zysten; cystic.