The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
endo+gamy
Shared component: endo · inside
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Related forms: endo · 15 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesa medical instrument consisting of a long thin tube with a light and a camera, used by doctors to look inside a person's body
endo+scope
Shared component: endo · inside
A medical procedure in which an instrument called an endoscope is used to look inside a part of the body.
endo+scopy
Shared component: endo · inside
the tissue inside the seeds of flowering plants that surrounds and provides nourishment to the embryo.
endo+sperm
Shared component: endo · inside
Characterized by or practicing marriage within a specific social, cultural, or ethnic group.
endo+gam+ous
Shared component: endo · inside
having an internal cause or origin; originating from within an organism or system.
endo+gen+ous
Shared component: endo · inside
Relating to or carried out using an endoscope, a long, thin tube with a light and camera used to examine the inside of the body.
endo+scop+ic
Shared component: endo · inside
the mucous membrane lining the uterus, which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for possible implantation of an embryo.
endo+metr+ium
Shared component: endo · inside
Relating to or denoting the thin layer of cells lining the interior surface of blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.
endo+thel+ial
Shared component: endo · inside
inflammation of the endocardium, the inner lining of the heart chambers and valves.
endo+card+itis
Shared component: endo · inside
An internal supporting framework or skeleton, such as that found in vertebrates, echinoderms, and some other animals.
endo+skeleton
Shared component: endo · inside
a medical condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus, often causing pain and infertility.
endo+metr+osis
Shared component: endo · inside
endotoxinExtended relation
a toxin that is present inside a bacterial cell and is released when the cell disintegrates.
endo+toxin
Extended relation: endo · inside
endoplasmicExtended relation
Relating to or being the part of the cytoplasm that is internal to the endoplasmic reticulum.
endo+plasm+ic
Extended relation: endo · inside
endocrinologyExtended relation
the scientific study of the endocrine glands and the hormones they produce.
endo+crin+ology
Extended relation: endo · inside