[′sis·tik ′kid·nē] (medicine) A kidney with one or more cysts.
cystic kidney
cys·tic kid·ney
a general term used to indicate a kidney that contains one or more cysts, including polycystic disease, solitary cyst, multiple simple cysts, and retention cysts (associated with parenchymal scarring).
cystic kidney
A kidney that has undergone cystic degeneration. See: polycystic kidney diseaseSee also: kidney