[dim. of CYST after L. type *cysticula: see -CULE.] A small cyst: applied by Owen to an organ, supposed to be that of hearing, in some Acalephæ.
1855. Owen, Anat. Inv. Anim., ix. 169. The part, for which, from its characteristic constancy … I have proposed the definite term of ‘cysticle.’ Ibid., 170. In some Acalephæ the cysticles are not complicated with pigment-cells.
