Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell Division, under Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.
En*dog"e*nous*ly, adv. By endogenous growth.
En*dog"e*ny (?), n. [See Endogenesis.] (Biol.) 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.
En"dog*nath (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. gna`qos the jaw.] (Zoöl.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.
En*dog"na*thal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the endognath.
En"do*lymph (?), n. [Endo- + lymph: cf. F. endolymphe.] (Anat.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.
En"do*lym*phan"gi*al (?), a. [Endo- + lymphangial.] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel.
En"do*lym*phat"ic (?), a. [Endo- + lymphatic.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. (b) Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.
En*dome" (?), v. t. To cover as with a dome.
||En`do*me*tri"tis (?), n. [NL. See Endometrium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the endometrium.
||En`do*me"tri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + mh`tra the womb.] (Anat.) The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.
En"do*morph (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?; form.] (Min.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.
||En`do*my"si*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + my^s a muscle.] (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.
||En`do*neu"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + &?; a sinew, nerve.] (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
En`do*par"a*site (?), n. [Endo- + parasite.] (Zoöl.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozoön. -- En`do*par`a*sit"ic (#), a.
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||En`do*phl"um (n`d*fl"m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + floio`s bark.] (Bot.) The inner layer of the bark of trees.
||En`do*phrag"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon + fra`gma a fence.] (Zoöl.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.
En`do*phrag"mal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.
En*doph"yl*lous (?), a. [Endo- + Gr. fy`llon leaf.] (Bot.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.
En"do*plasm (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?; anything formed or molded.] (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.
||En`do*plas"ma (?), n. [NL. See Endoplasm.] (Biol.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.
En"do*plast (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?; to form.] (Biol.) See Nucleus.
||En`do*plas"ti*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; within + &?; plastic.] (Zoöl.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the amba.
En`do*plas"tule (?; 135), n. [A dim. fr. endo- + Gr. &?; to mold.] (Biol.) See Nucleolus.
||En`do*pleu"ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; within + &?; rib, side. See Pleura.] (Bot.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.
En`do*pleu"rite (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?; a rib.] (Zoöl.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.
En*dop"o*dite (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, a foot.] (Zoöl.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.
||En`do*rhi"za (?), n.; pl. Endorhizæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; within + &?; root.] (Bot.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.
Endorhiza was proposed by Richard as a substitute for the term endogen, and exorhiza as a substitute for the term exogen; but they have not been generally adopted.
{ En`do*rhi"zal (?), En`do*rhi"zous (?), } a. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.
En*dorse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endorsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.] [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.] Same as Indorse.
Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.
En*dorse", n. (Her.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).
En`dor*see" (?), n. Same as Indorsee.
En*dorse"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. endossement.] Same as Indorsement.
En*dors"er (?), n. Same as Indorser.
En"do*sarc (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, flesh.] (Biol.) The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
En"do*scope (?), n. [Endo- + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.
En*dos"co*py (?), n. (Med.) The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.
En`do*skel"e*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.
En`do*skel"e*ton (?), n. [Endo- + skeleton.] (Anat.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.
En`dos*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Endosmose + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.
En*dos`mo*met"ric (?), a. Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.
{ En"dos*mose` (?), En`dos*mo"sis (?), } n. [NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + &?; a thrusting, impulsion, fr. &?; to push: cf. F. endosmose.] (Physics) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.
En`dos*mos"mic (?), a. Endosmotic.
En`dos*mot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. Carpenter.
En"do*sperm (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?; seed.] (Bot.) The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.
En`do*sper"mic (?), a. (Bot.) Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.
En"do*spore (?), n. [Endo- + spore.] (Bot.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.
En`do*spor"ous (?), a. (Bot.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.
En*doss" (?; 115), v. t. [F. endosser. See Endorse.] To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse. [Obs.] Spenser.
En*dos"te*al (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.
En`do*ster"nite (?), n. [Endo- + sternum.] (Zoöl.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.
||En*dos"te*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; + &?; a bone.] (Anat.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.
||En*dos"to*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; + &?;, &?;, the mouth.] (Zoöl.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.
En"do*stome (?), n. [See Endostoma.] 1. (Bot.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.