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Endmost

Farthest; remotest; at the very end.

Endoblastic

Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

Endocardium

The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

Endocarp

The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

Endochondral

Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.

Endochrome

The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

Endocyst

The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

Endoderm

The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal. The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Endodermis

A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

endodontics

the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the dental pulp.

endoergic

occurring with absorption of energy.

endogamic

fertilized by pollen from another flower of the same plant.

Endogamous

Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

Endogamy

Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

Endogen

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

Endogenous

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

Endogeny

Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

Endognath

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

Endolymph

The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

Endolymphatic

Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

Endome

To cover as with a dome.

Endometrium

The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

Endomorph

A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

Endomysium

The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

Endoneurium

The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

Endoparasite

Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozo/n.

Endophragma

A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Endoplasm

The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.

Endoplastica

A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am/ba.

Endopleura

The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

Endopleurite

The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

Endopodite

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Endorhiza

Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

Endorhizous Endorhizal

Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

Endorse

A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

Endosarc

The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the am/ba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

Endoscope

An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

endoscopic

Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope.

Endoscopy

The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope.

Endoskeletal

Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.

Endoskeleton

The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

Endosmometer

An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.

Endosmometric

Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

Endosmosis Endosmose

The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

Endosmotic

Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic.

Endosperm

The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Endospermic

Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

Endospore

The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Endosporous

Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Endoss

To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse.

Endosteal

Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

Endosternite

The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Endosteum

The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Endostoma

A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

Endostome

The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

Endostosis

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Endostyle

A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

Endotheca

The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another.

Endothelium

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Endothermic

Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.

Endothorax

An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Endow

To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

Endowment

The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

endozoic

Living within a living animal, usually as a parasite; as, endozoic worms. Contrasted with epizoic.

endpoint

A point of termination or completion.

Endue

An older spelling of Endow.

Endurable

Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable.

Endurance

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

Endurant

Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.

Endure

To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

Endurer

One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

Enduring

Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition.

Endysis

The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

Enema

An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment.

Enepidermic

Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

Energetical Energetic

Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active.

Energetics

That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena.

Energize

To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.

Energizer

One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

energizing

imparting or capable of imparting vitality and energy.

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