English Explanatory Dictionary

hypnocyst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cyst in which some microscopic organisms temporarily enclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food.

Word forms

hypnocyst hypnocysts

Etymology

From hypno- + cyst.

Related words

microbial cyst
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