encyst
verb (used with or without object)
to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.
encystment
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a word derived from
encyst.
Example Sentences
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Nevertheless, in no case does true encystment occur, the sex-cells being developed practically free.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
The reproduction takes place by fission, or by the breaking up of the contents of the body after encystment, each portion becoming a distinct animal, or in other ways, but never by true eggs.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
The various stages observed in the progress of the disease are plainly connected with the different phases of the worm's development—the initial localization in the intestines, the invasion of the muscles, and the final encystment.
From Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan
Weismaun, encystment of protoplasm, 68; length of life and somatic cells, 96; origin of death, 83; tendency to early reproductiveness, 98.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Vorticella microstoma, in process of encystment, 300 linear; in the last the inclosing tunic is plainly developed.—Stein.
From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Henry J. Slack
