0 past simple and past participle of encase
1 to cover or surround something or someone completely:
Encysted embryos (cysts) are encased in a hard capsule, or cyst, so that they are protected and can hatch later when conditions are better.
They are encased and punctuated by dense fibrous tissue.
The system provided a framework of mucin beads to encourage the adhesion of bacteria, which was encased within a dialysis membrane.
It gave the critique institutional homes, instead of being encased in a fleeting book of the season.
Some of the volcanic clasts are encased in a subrounded coating, which may be a chilled margin.
The original earthen substructures were encased in a new masonry platform.
Muscular ventricular septal defects were encased in the muscular part of the ventricular septum when viewed from the right ventricular aspect.
The system is enclosed by a vacuum region, and encased by a perfectly conducting wall.
