encysting

Verb

encyst (third-person singular simple present encysts, present participle encysting, simple past and past participle encysted)

1. (transitive) To enclose within a cyst.
2. (intransitive) To be enclosed within a cyst.
   • ‘Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.’1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 98