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Encyst [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To inclose in a cyst.

Encystation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Encysted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Inclosed in a bag, bladder or vesicle; as an encysted tumor.

Encysted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.

Encystment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.

2. A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.