Part 3766

<h1>Endorhiza</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*rhi"za</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Endorhiz\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ within + <?/ root.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Endorhiza</i> was proposed by Richard as a substitute for the term <i>endogen</i>, and <i>exorhiza</i> as a substitute for the term <i>exogen</i>; but they have not been generally adopted.</note>

<h1>Endorhizal, Endorhizous</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw><hw>En`do*rhi"zal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>En`do*rhi"zous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.</def>

<h1>Endorse</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dorse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Endorsed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Endorsing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Formerly <ets>endosse</ets>, fr. F. <ets>endosser</ets> to put on the back, to endorse; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>dos</ets> back, L. <ets>dorsum</ets>. See <er>Dorsal</er>, and cf. <er>Indorse</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Indorse</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; Both <i>endorse</i> and <i>indorse</i> are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of <i>indorse</i> and its derivatives <i>indorsee</i>, <i>indorser</i>, and <i>indorsement</i>.</note>

<h1>Endorse</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dorse"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).</def>

<h1>Endorsee</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`dor*see"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Indorsee</er>.</def>

<h1>Endorsement</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dorse"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>endossement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Indorsement</er>.</def>

<h1>Endorser</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dors"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Indorser</er>.</def>

<h1>Endosarc</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"do*sarc</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endo-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, flesh.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the am\'d2ba; entoplasm; endoplasta.</def>

<h1>Endoscope</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En"do*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endo-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.</def>

<h1>Endoscopy</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En*dos"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.</def>

<h1>Endoskeletal</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*skel"e*tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; <as>as, <ex>endoskeletal</ex> muscles</as>.</def>

<h1>Endoskeleton</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`do*skel"e*ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endo-</ets> + <ets>skeleton</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the <i>exoskeleton</i>.</def>

<h1>Endosmometer</h1> <Xpage=491>

<hw>En`dos*mom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Endosmose</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.</def>