Obs. Also 6 chistis. [med. or mod.L., a. Gr. κύστις bladder.] = CYST.
1543. Traheron, Vigo’s Chirurg., II. v. 39. Thys caustyue Medicyne hathe strengthe, to breake the node … euen to the chistis or purse.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 110. The humour [is] contained … in a vesicle or little bladder, though some affirme it hath no cystis or bag at all.
1758. J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg. (1771), 249. The Cystis of the Hydrocele.
