- Boyer bursa cyst
- Boy·er bursa, cyst (bwah-yaґ) [Alexis de Boyer, French surgeon, 1757–1833] see under cyst and see retrohyoid bursa under bursa.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Boyer bursa cyst
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Cyst — A closed sac or capsule, usually filled with fluid or semisolid material. * * * 1. A bladder. 2. An abnormal sac containing gas, fluid, or a semisolid material, with a membranous lining. SEE ALSO: pseudocyst. [G. kystis, bladder] adventitious c.… … Medical dictionary
Bursa — A bursa is a closed fluid filled sac that functions to provide a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as "bursitis." Most commonly this is not an… … Medical dictionary
Boyer — Baron Alexis, French surgeon, 1757–1833. See B. bursa, B. cyst … Medical dictionary
Boyer cyst — a painless and gradual enlargement of the subhyoid bursa … Medical dictionary
