encystationn.
/ɛnsɪˈsteɪʃən/ Biology.
The process (observed in some Protozoa) of becoming surrounded with a cyst, bag, or capsule; = encystment n.
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1869 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. 61 Reproduction in Vorticella..by a process of encystation and endogenous division.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals xii. 660 The Heliozoa propagate by simple division with or without previous encystation.
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