encystment

encystment is a 10-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
2. noun. A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

Common word forms

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Words from these letters

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