endos

n. [ Endo- + -scope. ] (Med.) An instrument for examining the interior of the body, consisting of a flexible tube with lenses and optical fibers permitting illumination of the interior site to be inspected, and visualization of the interior site from outside the body; it often has small surgical instruments attached to the end and manipulable from the outside, permitting biopsy or surgery. It is used as a non-invasive or minimally invasive tool for diagnosis or treatment, especially in organs having an external opening such as the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to endoscopy or an endoscope. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) The art or process of examination or treatment by means of an endoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endo- + skeleton. ] (Anat.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Endosmose + -meter. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

{ } n. [ NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + &unr_; a thrusting, impulsion, fr. &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]