encysted

adj — 3 senses

encysted

adj

UK /ɛnˈsɪstɪd/

Etymology From encyst + -ed.

1

Medicine, Sciences Contained in a cyst.

2

Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Enclosed in a sac, or invested with a coating when in a non-motile state, like some unicellular plants.

3

Figuratively Embedded, enclosed.

  • This group included many who had been deeply encysted within the corporative fabric of the Bourbon polity – plus many for whom the chips did not fall well.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 545:
Derived terms
unencysted

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