Summary. A cyst is a fluid-filled sac. There are two types of kidney cysts. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) runs in families. In PKD, the cysts take the place of the normal tissue.
Meaning: An official prohibition or edict against something. Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents. Synonyms: forbidding; banning; forbiddance; ban. Hypernyms (ban is a kind of...): prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of ban):
From Middle English bitoknen, bitacnen, from Old English betÄcnian (âto betoken, signify, designateâ), equivalent to be- +â token. Cognate with Dutch betekenen (âto mean, signifyâ), German bezeichnen (âto call, designateâ), Swedish beteckna (âto represent, designate, indicateâ).