encyst

American  

[en-sist] / ɛnˈsɪst /

verb (used with or without object)

Biology.

1. to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.

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encyst British  

/ ɛnˈsɪst /

verb

1. biology to enclose or become enclosed by a cyst, thick membrane, or shell

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• encysted
  adjective
• encystment
  noun
• unencysted
  adjective
• encystation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of encyst

First recorded in 1835–45; en- ¹ + cyst

Example Sentences

“Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

The resulting coupled cell or zygote divides into two, which again encyst.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

It’s merely that Time has been trying to encyst what it can not absorb.

From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)

This parasite may encyst in the wall of the gizzard.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

She has had to encyst it, or it would be to her Senegal and French Guinea possessions a regular main to lay on smuggling.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta