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Definition of Encyst
1. v. t. To inclose in a cyst.
Definition of Encyst
1. Verb. (rare transitive) To enclose within a cyst. ¹
2. Verb. (rare intransitive) To be enclosed within a cyst. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encyst
1. to enclose in a cyst [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyst
Literary usage of Encyst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"Some animals encyst whole without fragmentation, and some do not encyst at all.
... The animals which encyst without fragmentation remain in the cysts until ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England by Royal Agricultural Society of England (1881)
"Some cercariae encyst themselves on plants, or on the sides of the vessel which
contains them ; indeed, the instinct to encyst is so imperative at a certain ..."
3. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1888)
"B., encyst'ed. ('Ev, in; »,u<r-ri?, a bladder.) Generally employed for H. of ...
H. of spermatic cord, encyst'ed. ..."
4. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"The cercaria usually deserts the snail and actively seeks out its primary host,
but after reaching the outer world it may also encyst on vegetation or force ..."
5. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"Or, again, the cercaria may encyst themselves in the water or on foreign
bodies (plants) and wait until they are taken up direct by the terminal host ..."
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