💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Encystation"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encystmentnoun | The formation of a cyst. |
| excystationnoun | (biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host) |
| precystnoun | A structure, in many protozoans, that develops into a cyst |
| metacystnoun | The cystic stage of a parasite (within a host) |
| metacercarianoun | The encysted stage of a trematode parasite (flukes) in the tissues of an intermediate host. |
| enterocystnoun | (pathology) An enteric cyst |
| endocystnoun | (zoology) An inner layer of the cyst walls of Bryozoa. |
| tomocystnoun | (microbiology) An encysted form of a tomont. |
| cytocystnoun | (biology) A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite. |
| cystideannoun | (zoology) A stage in the development of many crinoids after the free-swimming larva attaches to a surface, but before it develops the structures necessary to feed. |
| cystosporenoun | A zoospore within a cyst of a chytrid |
| cysticercusnoun | The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex. |
| zoocystnoun | A kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers. |
| acephalocystnoun | (zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin. |
| pericystnoun | A protective layer of fibrous tissue surrounding hydatid parasites in the host |
| epitheliocystisnoun | epithelial cystis, typically in fish |
| zoöcystnoun | Archaic spelling of zoocyst. [A kind of encysted rhizopod resembling a sporocyst, except in the thickness and number of the protective layers.] |
| ectocystnoun | (archaic, zoology) The exoskeleton of some members of Bryozoa. |
| cysticercoidnoun | The larval stage of certain tapeworms, similar in appearance to a cysticercus, but having the scolex filling completely the enclosing cyst. |
| cryptocystnoun | A form of gymnocyst in bryozoans |
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