A small cyst or cyst-like structure, particularly in microscopic organisms or fungi.
From cyst + diminutive suffix '-icle' (small). This term creates a word for miniature cyst structures using the same pattern as 'particle' or 'molecule'.
The suffix '-icle' appears in lots of science words to mean 'tiny'—cuticle, particle, molecule—it's a clever linguistic tool that lets scientists describe size and structure simultaneously!
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