Definition of "encyst" []

• To enclose in or as if in a cyst. (verb-transitive)
• To take the form of or become enclosed in a cyst. (verb-intransitive)

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• ""I wish you would encyst," said Flor cheerfully, "preferably with something cancerous.""
• "The glochidia then attach to a vertebrate host in which the encyst and transform, protected and fed by the vertebrate tissue, into an adult."
• "After feeding for 2 to 36 hours, the glochidia encyst."