encyst

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From en- +‎ cyst.

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encyst (third-person singular simple present encysts, present participle encysting, simple past and past participle encysted)

  1. (transitive) To enclose within a cyst.
  2. (intransitive) To be enclosed within a cyst.
    • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 98:
      ‘Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.’

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