Path. Pl. cystomata. [mod. f. Gr. κύστις CYST + -ōma forming nouns of product.]
a. A tumor containing cysts; a cystic tumor. b. A cyst or cystic tumor which is a new development, as distinguished from one in which the sac is a natural formation (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1872. Peaslee, Ovar. Tumours, 30. All ovarian cystomata contain several … cysts at the beginning.
1876. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 504. A small portion of cysts are new formations; properly so-called cystomata.
Cystomatous a., of the nature of a cystoma.
1876. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 475. A cystomatous adenoma of the pituitary body of the size of a walnut was observed.
