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Webster 1913 Edition


Encysted

En-cyst′ed

,
Adj.
Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle;
as, an
encysted
tumor
.
The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder’s fang.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Encysted

ENCYST'ED

,
Adj.
[from cyst.] Inclosed in a bag, bladder or vesicle; as an encysted tumor.

Definition 2024


encysted

encysted

English

Verb

encysted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of encyst

Adjective

encysted (comparative more encysted, superlative most encysted)

  1. (medicine) Contained in a cyst.
  2. (figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 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.