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A wound from a bullet made of tin, unless it struck a vital part, nature would heal, even if the cause of the wound was not removed, by encysting the ball.

From Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth by Ambler, Henry Lovejoy

From worms he went to Protozoa-Trypanosomes, sleeping sickness, host tsetse-fly—showed life history comparatively, propagated in secondary host or encysting in primary host—similarly malarial germs spread by Anopheles mosquitoes—all very interesting.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

It may also be stated that some of the organisms die and disintegrate on being received into the gizzard, instead of encysting themselves.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Indeed, how much the act of the body, in encysting a bullet in its tissues, is like the act of the bees in encasing with wax a worm in the combs!

From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John

Some single-cell animals and roundworms are capable of surviving stress by encysting themselves, forming a little "seed" that preserves their genetic material and enough food to reactivate it, coming back to life when conditions improve.

From Organic Gardener's Composting by Solomon, Steve