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adj
Contained in a cyst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Enclosed in a sac, or invested with a coating when in a non-motile state, like some unicellular plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Embedded, enclosed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
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verb
simple past and past participle of encyst
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh1-der.? Ancient Greek κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)? Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)der. Late Latin cystisder. English cyst English encyst English -ed English encysted From encyst + -ed.
