Usually means: Formation of a protective cyst.
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  1. encystment: Merriam-Webster
  2. encystment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. encystment: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. Encystment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. encystment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Encystment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  1. encystment: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (encystment)

▸ noun:  The formation of a cyst.
▸ noun:  The process of becoming enclosed by a cyst.

Similar:
encystation, precyst, metacyst, excystation, cytocyst, enterocyst, cystid, cystidean, endocyst, cystosome, more...

Types:
sporulation, cyst, cysticercosis, cysticercus, more...

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Similar:
encystation, precyst, metacyst, excystation, cytocyst, enterocyst, cystid, cystidean, endocyst, cystosome, more...

Types:
sporulation, cyst, cysticercosis, cysticercus, more...



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