encysted

English

Etymology

From encyst +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈsɪstɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɪd

Verb

encysted

  1. simple past and past participle of encyst

Adjective

encysted (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Contained in a cyst.
  2. (botany) Enclosed in a sac, or invested with a coating when in a non-motile state, like some unicellular plants.
  3. (figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 545:
      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.

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