💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Encystment"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| encapsulationnoun | (programming, object-oriented programming) Grouping together an object’s ‘state’ (its data) and the operations that may alter or interrogate it (its methods). |
| encystationnoun | encystment |
| precystnoun | A structure, in many protozoans, that develops into a cyst |
| metacystnoun | The cystic stage of a parasite (within a host) |
| excystationnoun | (biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host) |
| cytocystnoun | (biology) A hollow vesicle, the remains of a host cell occupied by a protozoan parasite. |
| enterocystnoun | (pathology) An enteric cyst |
| cystidnoun | (zoology) Any parasitic flatworm in the trypanorhynch suborder Cystidea. |
| 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. |
| endocystnoun | (zoology) An inner layer of the cyst walls of Bryozoa. |
| cystosomenoun | (microbiology) The conical end of some single-celled organisms that functions as a mouth. |
| cystocarpnoun | A minute vesicle in some seaweeds, containing the reproductive carpospores. |
| epitheliocystisnoun | epithelial cystis, typically in fish |
| autocystnoun | A single-layered cyst. |
| cysticercusnoun | The larval stage of any of several tapeworms, having a fluid-filled cyst enclosing a scolex. |
| cystidiumnoun | (mycology) A relatively large cell found on the hymenium of a basidiomycete |
| hematocystnoun | (pathology) A cyst that contains blood |
| 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. |
| hymenial cystidiumnoun | (mycology) A cystidium which is found on the spore bearing surface of a fungus. |
| tomocystnoun | (microbiology) An encysted form of a tomont. |
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