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):
verb (used with object), banned, banning. 1. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. 2. Archaic. to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate.