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encystment
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encystment [en′sist·mənt]
(biology)
The process of forming or becoming enclosed in a cyst or capsule.


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and these take us outside ourselves, whereas certainty encysts us.
Once the glochidia are mature, the female releases them into the water, where they must attach and encyst on the gills, fins or epidermis of a suitable host fish for metamorphosis to the juvenile stage.
 
 
 
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