0 past simple and past participle of encase
1 to cover or surround something or someone completely:
The number of predators surviving at the end of experiment and their transformation into subsequent-instar larvae or encased pupae (for sciomyzid larvae) were also considered.
It is possible to manipulate the snare underneath chronic foreign bodies that have become encased by fibrin.
The genome is encased in an icosahedral protein shell along with viral enzymes (protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase) and a matrix protein.
Cystacanths are encased in an envelope, and, with their proboscis invaginated, their overall body shape is roughly ovoid.
The original ear then substructures were encased in a new masonry platform.
Rupture of the balloon during implantation of the stents in two patients confirms that these obstructions were encased in tight fibrous tissue.
The system is enclosed by a vacuum, and encased in a perfectly conducting wall.
The system is enclosed by a vacuum region, and encased by a perfectly conducting wall.
