See Also: Cysts(medicine)
jaw cysts(medicine)
paraphysial cysts(medicine)
ovarian cysts(medicine)
odontogenic cysts(medicine)
neurenteric cysts(medicine)
iodine cysts(medicine)
hepatic cysts(medicine)
glomerular cysts(medicine)
foregut cysts(medicine)

pirn (iou) and jaw cysts (medicine)


pirn (iou)



pirn noun & verb. Now Scot. & dial. As noun also pern. LME.
[Origin unkn.: cf. PIRL.]
A. noun.
A small cylinder on which thread etc. is wound; a bobbin, a spool, a reel; this wound with thread etc. LME.
An imperfection in cloth; a stripe, a mark. rare. L17-M18.
Thread wound on a bobbin etc.; the amount able to be wound on a bobbin etc. rare. E18.
b. verb trans. Wind or reel (thread etc.) on to a bobbin etc. Scot. E19.
pirned adjective (Scot.) striped, variegated L15.
pirnie adjective & noun (Scot.) (a) adjective (of cloth) striped; (b) noun a nightcap (usu. striped): L17.

jaw cysts (medicine)


jaw cysts
Saccular lesions lined with epithelium and contained within pathologically formed cavities in the jaw; also nonepithelial cysts (pseudocysts) as they apply to the jaw, e.g., traumatic or solitary cyst, static bone cavity, and aneurysmal bone cyst. True jaw cysts are classified as odontogenic or nonodontogenic.