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excysting

excysting is the present participle and gerund of excyst.

Meaning of excyst

Verb

excyst (third-person singular simple present excysts, present participle excysting, simple past and past participle excysted)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo excystation.
    • The metacercarias excyst in the duodenum and migrate through the intestinal wall into the body cavity […]1957, Charles Franklin Craig, Ernest Carroll Faust, Craig and Faust's Clinical Parasitology, page 561

Questions about excysting

What is excysting the present participle and gerund of?
Excysting is the present participle and gerund of excyst.

Words near excysting in the dictionary

  1. excyclovergence
  2. excyst
  3. excystation
  4. excystations
  5. excysted
  6. excysting
  7. excystment
  8. excystments
  9. excysts
  10. excytosis
  11. excyzoite

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