An archaic or alternative term for cystitis, referring to inflammation of the bladder.
From Greek 'kystis' meaning bladder; this direct borrowing from Greek was common in medical terminology before standardized Latin-Greek combinations became the norm.
In older medical texts, 'cystis' was used interchangeably with 'cystitis,' but modern medicine standardized the '-itis' ending to clearly signal inflammation, making terminology more consistent across different body parts and conditions.
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