encysted

From encyst + -ed.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈsɪstɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪstɪd

encysted

1. simple past and past participle of encyst

encysted (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Contained in a cyst.
2. (botany) Enclosed in a sac, or invested with a coating when in a non-motile state, like some unicellular plants.
3. (figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 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.