en·cap·su·late
vb, -lat*ed -lat*ing vt : to surround, encase, or protect in or as if in a capsule <the tissues of the body surround the [trichina] organisms and them -Morris Fishbein> vi : to become encapsulated <a bacillus that s in the human body> en*cap*su*la*tion n
Similar sounding terms: en·cap·suled
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