Part 729

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 amœba; 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.

2. (Zoöl.) And endostoma.

En`dos*to"sis (?), n. [NL. See Endo- , and Ostosis.] (Physiol.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

En"do*style (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. &?; a pillar.] (Zoöl.) A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

||En`do*the"ca (?), n. [NL., from Gr. 'e`ndon within + qh`kh a case, box, fr. &?; to place.] (Zoöl.) 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. -- En`do*the"cal (#), a.