encysted

1. 1.

   enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst

Questions about encysted

What does encysted mean?

encysted means "enclosed in (or as if in) a cyst".

How many syllables are in encysted?

encysted has 3 syllables and divides as en-cy-sted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is encysted a common word?

encysted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.