See Also: Cyst of the ovary, follicular(health)
Follicular cyst of the ovary(health)
Dermoid cyst of the ovary(health)
dermoid cyst of ovary(medicine)
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lint (iou) and Follicular cyst of the ovary (health)


lint (iou)



lint noun. LME.
[Perh. from Old French linette linseed, from lin flax: see -ETTE, -ET1.]
The flax-plant. Now only Scot. LME.
Flax prepared for spinning. Also, the refuse of this, used as a combustible. Chiefly Scot. LME.
A soft material used esp. for dressing wounds, orig. made by ravelling or scraping linen cloth. Formerly also in pl., pieces of this material. LME.
b. Orig., a particle of fluff. Later, fluff. E17.
Netting for fishing nets. Now dial. & US. E17.
The material which forms the bulk of the fibres in the cotton boll (cf. LINTER), which is separated from the cotton seeds by ginning and which after processing is the ordinary cotton of commerce. L19.
Comb.: lint-head US dial. a worker in a cotton-mill; derog. a person of whom one disapproves; lint-scraper Hist. a person employed to scrape lint (for hospital use); slang, derog. a young surgeon.
linty adjective (a) resembling lint (lit. & fig.); (b) full of lint or fluff: E17.

Follicular cyst of the ovary (health)


A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a follicle. A follicle is the fluid-filled cyst that contains an egg. In some cycles, this follicle grows larger that normal and does not rupture to release the egg. Normally it resolves with simple observation over the course of days to months.