Look up: encystment

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   Encystment
   En·cyst'ment noun 1. (Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. » The animal ( a ) first contracts its body to a globular mass ( b ) and then secretes a transparent cyst ( c ), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e ), each of which attains free ...
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   encystment
   1. <biology> A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. ... The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the ...
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   Encystment
   • (n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. • (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
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   encystment
   (from the article `amoeba`) During adverse environmental periods many amoebas survive by encystment: the amoeba becomes circular, loses most of its water, and secretes a cyst ... Cysts are thick-walled structures produced by dormant members of Azotobacter, Bdellovibrio (bdellocysts), and Myxococcus (myxospores). They are ... Many par...
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   encystment
   The condition of being or becoming encysted.
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