encystments

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A form of encystment — The formation of a cyst.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of encystment

    Maybe the ocean was responding to the radiation with another kind of radiation. Maybe it was using it to probe our brains and get them to release some kind of mental encystments ... processes separated from the rest of the mind, enclosed, suppressed, walled in. Sore spots of memory.

    1961, Stanisław Lem, Solaris (2011 translation), chapter 6
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APA

encystments. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encystments

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“encystments.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encystments. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “encystments,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/encystments.

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