Encysted

Enclosed in a capsule like a cyst.


Surrounded by a capsule or membrane.


Enclosed within a bladder-like wall. The term is applied to parasites, collections of pus, etc., which are shut off from surrounding tissues by a membrane or by adhesions.


Flukes, in their developmental journey, undergo a phase where they reside within a protective cyst or capsule. This particular stage of their life cycle finds them existing as larvae securely ensconced within cysts.


 


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