ENCYSTMENT

Etymology

Noun

encystment (countable and uncountable, plural encystments)

The formation of a cyst.

The process of becoming enclosed by a cyst.

Synonyms

• encystation

Source: Wiktionary


En*cyst"ment, n.

1. (Biol.)

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

Note: 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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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