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encystment|ɛnˈsɪstmənt|
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
a. ‘The condition of an encysted tumour’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
b. Biol. The process of becoming surrounded by a cyst.
1865Pall Mall G. No. 354. 1016/2 The encystment of the parasites. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. ii. 96 These Flagellata..present various modes of agamic multiplication by fission, preceded or not by encystment. |