encysted

adjective3

1. •
   Contained in a cyst.
2. •
   Enclosed in a sac, or invested with a coating when in a non-motile state, like some unicellular plants.
3. •
   (figurative) Embedded, enclosed.

   • This group included many who had been deeply encysted within the corporative fabric of the Bourbon polity – plus many for whom the chips did not fall well. — 2002