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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

encyst

/en-sist/US // ɛnˈsɪst //UK // (ɛnˈsɪst) //

囊肿,囊中羞涩,囊括,囊中之物

Definitions

  1. 1

    Biology.

    • : to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst.

Examples

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

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

  • Thence they are apt to migrate or stray into the lungs and liver, where they encyst themselves.

  • The Cercari part with their tails, and subsequently they encyst themselves on or within the surface of the body of some mollusk.

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