Definition of Encystment

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

Definition of Encystment

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Encystment

1. 1. A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal. 2. A process by which many internal parasites, especially. In their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encystment

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encyclopedism
encyclopedisms
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encyclopedists
encyst
encysted
encysted
encysted calculus
encysted pleurisy
encysting
encystment (current term)
encystment (current term)
encystments
encysts
end
end
end-all
end-brush
end-cutting bur
end-diastolic
end-diastolic volume
end-feet
end-filling
end-on mattress suture
end-piece
end-plate

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