encysted

Etymology

From encyst + -ed.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of encyst

adj

  1. (medicine) Contained in a cyst.
  2. (figurative) Embedded, enclosed.
    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. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 545

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