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):
Etymology 1[edit] From Middle English bane, from Old English bana, from Proto-Germanic *banÃ´ (compare Old High German bano â(âdeathâ), Icelandic bani â(âbane, deathâ)), from Proto-Indo-European *gÊ·Ê°on-on-, from the o-grade of *gÊ·Ê°en- â(âto strike, to killâ).