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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*phlœ"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 amœba.

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.