Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, the inner or interior sarcode or protoplasm of the amœbæ or other protozoans, in any way distinguished from the exterior sarcodous substance or ectosarc; endoplasm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amœba; entoplasm; endoplasta.
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- noun biology The
semifluid ,granular interior of certainunicellular organisms , such as the inner layer ofsarcode in theamoeba .
Etymologies
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endo- + Ancient Greek for "flesh".
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Examples
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It contains a ectosarc and an endosarc as well as an outer membrane known as the cuticle.
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It contains a ectosarc and an endosarc as well as an outer membrane known as the cuticle.
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