| encysted calculus | A urinary calculus enclosed in a sac developed from the wall of the bladder. Synonym: pocketed calculus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| encysted pleurisy | A form of serofibrinous pleurisy, in which adhesions occur at various points, circumscribing the serous effusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| encystment | 1. <biology> A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal. 2. <zoology> A process by which many internal parasites, especially. In their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |