Encyst(v. t.) To inclose in a cyst.
Encystation(n.) Encystment.
Encysted(a.) Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.
Encystment(n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
Encystment(n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.
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