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New Latin, from Greek entos within

ento-

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a combining form meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words:

entoderm.

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combining form representing Greek entós

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Entoprocta
entameba
entoblast
entoderm
entozoon

ento-variant of endo-.

[Greek, combining form of entos within]

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ento-, prefix|ˈɛntəʊ|(before a vowel commonly reduced to ent-), repr. Gr. ἐντός within, inside, in many compounds of mod. formation relating to anatomy and biology, as ˈentoblast [Gr. βλαστός sprout], (a) the nucleolus of a cell; (b) an inner germ-layer of an embryo; = endoblast, hypoblast 2; ˌentocalˈcaneal a. (see quot. and calcaneal); entoˈchondral a. Anat., situated or occurring within cartilage; ˈentocœle Zool., that portion of the gut-cavity of certain polyps which lies between a pair of mesenteries (see quot. 1885); so entoˈcœlic a.; entoˈcondyloid a. [Gr. κόνδυλ-ος knuckle + -oid] (see quot.); entoˈcuneiform a. (see quot. and cuneiform); ˈentocyst (see quot. and cyst); ˈentoderm [Gr. δέρµα skin], the outer layer of the blastoderm, also called hypoblast; entoˈdermal, -mic adjs. = endodermal, -ic adjs.; entoˈgastric a. [see gastric], pertaining to the interior of the stomach or of the gastric cavity; entoˈglossal a. [Gr. γλῶσσ-α the tongue + -al¹], a term applied to one of the bones of the hyoidean arch in some fishes, which supports the tongue; entomere Embryol., each of the more granular cells produced by segmentation of the primitive ovum; entoˈmetatarse [mod.L. metatarsus], the bones between the tarsus and the toes; entoˈparasite (see quot. 1861); hence ˌentoparaˈsitic a.; ˌentopeˈripheral a. (see quot. and peripheral); ˈentophyte [Gr. ϕυτόν plant], a plant growing within the substance of other plants or animals; hence entoˈphytic a.; entoˈplastral a., pertaining to the entoplastron; entoˈplastron in turtles (see quot.); entoˈproctous a. [Gr. πρωκτός anus, rump], belonging to the Entoprocta, a class of Polyzoa, in which the anus lies within the circle of tentacles; entoˈpterygoid a. [see pterygoid] (see quot.); enˈtoptic a. [see optic], relating to the appearance of the different internal structures of the eye; hence enˈtoptics n. (see quot.); entoˈsclerite Ent., an internal sclerite; entoˈseptum, in corals, a septum developed interiorly; entoˈsternal a. [see sternal], pertaining to the entosternum or median piece of the sternum or breastbone, very largely developed in birds; entoˈsternite Anat., an internal fibro-cartilaginous plate giving support to a series of muscles in various arthropods; entoˈsternum Ent., an internal process or system of processes of the sternum of an arthropod; enˈtotic a. [see otic], pertaining to or occurring in the inner ear; ˌentotymˈpanic a. [see tympanic], situated within the tympanum or drum of the ear.1864Webster, *Entoblast, the nucleolus of a cell.1892E. L. Mark tr. Hertwig's Textbk. Embryol. v. 86 The inner germ-layer (entoblast or entoderm) lines the cœlenteron and provides for nutrition.1926Jordan & Kindred Textbk. Embryol. ix. 67 We are compelled to postulate an earlier solid stage of the blastula in which ectoblast (epiblast) and entoblast (hypoblast) are prelocalized.1945W. J. Hamilton et al. Human Embryol. viii. 105 An entoblast which gives origin to the epithelial linings of the digestive and respiratory tracts.1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 74/1 One [process], called the ‘*entocalcaneal’, projects from below the entocondyloid cavity, and from the back part of the upper end of the entometatarse.1889*Entochondral [see ectochondral (ecto-)].1885G. H. Fowler in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXV. 578 For the chambers (Radialtaschen, Loges,) into which the cœlenteron is periaxially divided by the mesenteries, I am compelled to coin new names; to those chambers which lie between a ‘pair’ of mesenteries the term *entocœle is applied..; to those chambers of which one lies between every two pairs of mesenteries the term exocœle.1902Trans. Linnean Soc. Oct. 304 The appearance of a new mesenterial pair is followed very closely by the outgrowth of a tentacle from its entocœle.1963Borradaile & Potts Invertebrata (ed. 4) v. 182 In the typical sea-anemone..and in coral polyps..the secondary mesenteries..are situated in the spaces between two adjacent pairs (exocoeles), never between two members of a pair (entocoeles).1888Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXVIII. 5 The tentacles are probably *entocœlic only.1902Trans. Linnean Soc. Oct. 304 The tentacles are outgrowths of both the entocœlic and exocœlic mesenterial chambers.1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 74/1 The inner of the two cavities for the condyles..is the ‘*entocondyloid’ cavity.1855― Skel. & Teeth 254 The brachial artery pierces the entocondyloid ridge.1854― in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 81/2 The *entocuneiform bone.1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 186 Of the three cuneiform bones, the innermost, the ento-cuneiform is the largest.1884Syd. Soc. Lex, *Entocyst, the inner layer of the cuticular envelope of the Polyzoa.1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man I. iii. 67 The lower, which forms the organs of digestion and reproduction, Huxley called the *Entoderm, or Inner-layer.1892Entoderm [see entoblast above].1884Sedgwick & Heathcote tr. Claus' Zool. iii. 100 The *entodermal lining of the gastro-vascular canals.1886Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 172/1 The division of the margin of the ectodermal disk into two parts, one resting directly on the *entodermic yoke.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. iii. 150 The details of this process of *entogastric gemmation have been traced by Haeckel in Carmarina hastata.1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 472 The rudimentary first arch fuses to form the so-called *entoglossal bone.1890Billings Med. Dict. I. 455/1 *Entomere.1854*Entometatarse [see entocalcaneal].1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. 324 Some writers have proposed to call them [Entozoa] *Ento-parasites.1876Davis Polaris Exp. App. 653 All the animals should be examined for ecto- and ento-parasites.1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 167 Animals of feeble vitality.. are rarely, if ever, free from these *ento-parasitic plants.1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1870) I. 250 Those [feelings] internally initiated, which we may conveniently call *ento⁓peripheral.1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 167 Upwards of ten species of *entophytes have already been discovered parasitic upon man.1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 118/1 This substance [White Thrush] is in part *ento⁓phytic.1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 227 Entophytic fungi spring from beneath the cuticle of living plants.1896R. Lydekker R. Nat. Hist. V. 77 Owing to the absence of the unpaired *entoplastral bone.1871T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vert. v. 202 The *entoplastron and the two epiplastra correspond with the median and lateral thoracic plates of the Labyrinthodont Amphibia.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. xii. 680 The lowest known term..of the Malacozoic Series is an *entoproctous Polyzoon.1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 79/1 The *entopterygoids.1880Gunther Fishes 55 The entopterygoid, an oblong and thin bone attached to the inner border of the palatine and pterygoid.1876Bernstein Five Senses 80 All such phenomena are called *entoptic, because they deal with the perceptions of the internal portions of the eye.1876Catal. Sci. App. S. Kens. 551 Apparatus to determine the position of entoptic objects—in the humours of the eye.1864Reader 2 July 11 The light that enters the eye may, under certain conditions, cause one to see objects that exist within the eye-ball; and an investigation of these conditions is called *Entoptics.1902Proc. Zool. Soc. 17 June 174 From the middle of its area arises a stout, hooked *entosclerite, which projects backwards into the cavity of the prosoma.1885G. H. Fowler in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXV. 578 The septa lying in these two classes of chambers are similarly called exosepta and *entosepta.1903Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Feb. 147 The union of the entoseptum within each pair of the second cycle mesenteries with the adjoining exosepta.1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 284/1 A middle one [i.e. centre] which supports the keel, termed..the *entosternal.1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 69/2 The median piece of the plastron, called ‘entosternal’, answers to the sternum of the crocodile.1884E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXI. 547 In order to make a close comparison of these *Entosternites, it will be necessary to determine exactly the insertions of the muscles to which they give origin.1888Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life 526 An entosternite or chitinoid fibro-cellular plate.1902Nature 25 Sept. 529 The entosternite of Mygale.1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 527/2 The affinity between Limulus and the Arachnids, indicated by the presence of a free suspended *entosternum or plastron or entosternite in both.1878Foster Phys. iii. iii. 457 Corresponding to entoptic phenomena there are various *entotic phenomena.1881Mivart Cat 65 An internal, much wider part, the *ento-tympanic.

ento-

word-forming element used chiefly in biology and meaning "within, inside, inner," from Greek ento-, comb. form of entos (adv., prep.) "within, inside," as a noun, "inner parts" (cognate with Latin intus), from PIE *entos, from *en "in" (see in) + adverbial suffix -tos, denoting origin.

ento- /ˈɛntəʊ/ combining form. Before a vowel also ent-.

ORIGIN: Repr. Greek entos within: see -o-.

= endo-.

DERIVATIVE entoblast noun (Biology) (a)^†rare a cell nucleolus; (b) endoderm, esp. that of an embryo: M19.
entoˈconid noun (Zoology) a cusp on the posterior lingual corner of the tribosphenic lower molar L19.
entoderm noun (Biology) = endoderm 1 L19.
entoˈdermal adjective (Biology) = endodermal L19.
entoˈparasite noun = endoparasite L19.
entoparaˈsitic adjective = endoparasitic L19.
entophyte noun = endophyte (b) M19.
entophytic /-ˈfɪtɪk/ adjective = endophytic M19.
entotymˈpanic adjective (Anatomy) situated within the tympanum L19.
entoˈzoal adjective of, pertaining to, or designating an entozoon M19.
entozoon /-ˈzəʊɒn/ noun, pl. -zoa /-ˈzəʊə/, an animal that lives inside another, esp. as a parasite M19.

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词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie MWCD OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Webster Wiktionary YoudictWordRoots ento- 或 ent- pref.（前缀） Inside; within: 内部；在…之内： entozoan. 内寄生虫语源 New Latin 现代拉丁语 from Greek entos [within] * see en 源自希腊语 entos [在…之内] 参见 en ento- combining form inside; within ⇒ entoderm Origin New Latin, from Greek entos* within ento- Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words: entoderm. Origin combining form representing Greek entós Related Words Entoprocta entameba entoblast entoderm entozoon ento-variant of endo-. [Greek, combining form of entos within] ento- ⇨ see ent- ento-, prefix\|ˈɛntəʊ\|(before a vowel commonly reduced to ent-), repr. Gr. ἐντός within, inside, in many compounds of mod. formation relating to anatomy and biology, as ˈentoblast [Gr. βλαστός sprout], (a) the nucleolus of a cell; (b) an inner germ-layer of an embryo; = endoblast, hypoblast 2; ˌentocalˈcaneal a. (see quot. and calcaneal); entoˈchondral a. Anat., situated or occurring within cartilage; ˈentocœle Zool., that portion of the gut-cavity of certain polyps which lies between a pair of mesenteries (see quot. 1885); so entoˈcœlic a.; entoˈcondyloid a. [Gr. κόνδυλ-ος knuckle + -oid] (see quot.); entoˈcuneiform a. (see quot. and cuneiform); ˈentocyst (see quot. and cyst); ˈentoderm [Gr. δέρµα skin], the outer layer of the blastoderm, also called hypoblast; entoˈdermal, -mic adjs. = endodermal, -ic adjs.; entoˈgastric a. [see gastric], pertaining to the interior of the stomach or of the gastric cavity; entoˈglossal a. [Gr. γλῶσσ-α the tongue + -al¹], a term applied to one of the bones of the hyoidean arch in some fishes, which supports the tongue; entomere Embryol., each of the more granular cells produced by segmentation of the primitive ovum; entoˈmetatarse [mod.L. metatarsus], the bones between the tarsus and the toes; entoˈparasite (see quot. 1861); hence ˌentoparaˈsitic a.; ˌentopeˈripheral a. (see quot. and peripheral); ˈentophyte [Gr. ϕυτόν plant], a plant growing within the substance of other plants or animals; hence entoˈphytic a.; entoˈplastral a., pertaining to the entoplastron; entoˈplastron in turtles (see quot.); entoˈproctous a. [Gr. πρωκτός anus, rump], belonging to the Entoprocta, a class of Polyzoa, in which the anus lies within the circle of tentacles; entoˈpterygoid a. [see pterygoid] (see quot.); enˈtoptic a. [see optic], relating to the appearance of the different internal structures of the eye; hence enˈtoptics n. (see quot.); entoˈsclerite Ent., an internal sclerite; entoˈseptum, in corals, a septum developed interiorly; entoˈsternal a. [see sternal], pertaining to the entosternum or median piece of the sternum or breastbone, very largely developed in birds; entoˈsternite Anat., an internal fibro-cartilaginous plate giving support to a series of muscles in various arthropods; entoˈsternum Ent., an internal process or system of processes of the sternum of an arthropod; enˈtotic a. [see otic], pertaining to or occurring in the inner ear; ˌentotymˈpanic a. [see tympanic], situated within the tympanum or drum of the ear.1864Webster, Entoblast, the nucleolus of a cell.1892E. L. Mark tr. Hertwig's Textbk. Embryol.* v. 86 The inner germ-layer (entoblast or entoderm) lines the cœlenteron and provides for nutrition.1926Jordan & Kindred Textbk. Embryol. ix. 67 We are compelled to postulate an earlier solid stage of the blastula in which ectoblast (epiblast) and entoblast (hypoblast) are prelocalized.1945W. J. Hamilton et al. Human Embryol. viii. 105 An entoblast which gives origin to the epithelial linings of the digestive and respiratory tracts.1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 74/1 One [process], called the ‘entocalcaneal’, projects from below the entocondyloid cavity, and from the back part of the upper end of the entometatarse.1889Entochondral [see ectochondral (ecto-)].1885G. H. Fowler in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXV. 578 For the chambers (Radialtaschen, Loges,) into which the cœlenteron is periaxially divided by the mesenteries, I am compelled to coin new names; to those chambers which lie between a ‘pair’ of mesenteries the term entocœle is applied..; to those chambers of which one lies between every two pairs of mesenteries the term exocœle.1902Trans. Linnean Soc. Oct. 304 The appearance of a new mesenterial pair is followed very closely by the outgrowth of a tentacle from its entocœle.1963Borradaile & Potts Invertebrata* (ed. 4) v. 182 In the typical sea-anemone..and in coral polyps..the secondary mesenteries..are situated in the spaces between two adjacent pairs (exocoeles), never between two members of a pair (entocoeles).1888Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXVIII. 5 The tentacles are probably entocœlic only.1902Trans. Linnean Soc. Oct. 304 The tentacles are outgrowths of both the entocœlic and exocœlic mesenterial chambers.1854Owen in Circ. Sc.* (c. 1865) II. 74/1 The inner of the two cavities for the condyles..is the ‘entocondyloid’ cavity.1855― Skel. & Teeth* 254 The brachial artery pierces the entocondyloid ridge.1854― in Circ. Sc. (c. 1865) II. 81/2 The entocuneiform bone.1872Mivart Elem. Anat.* 186 Of the three cuneiform bones, the innermost, the ento-cuneiform is the largest.1884Syd. Soc. Lex, Entocyst, the inner layer of the cuticular envelope of the Polyzoa.1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man* I. iii. 67 The lower, which forms the organs of digestion and reproduction, Huxley called the Entoderm, or Inner-layer.1892Entoderm [see entoblast* above].1884Sedgwick & Heathcote tr. Claus' Zool. iii. 100 The entodermal lining of the gastro-vascular canals.1886Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 172/1 The division of the margin of the ectodermal disk into two parts, one resting directly on the entodermic yoke.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. iii. 150 The details of this process of entogastric gemmation have been traced by Haeckel in Carmarina hastata.1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat.* 472 The rudimentary first arch fuses to form the so-called entoglossal bone.1890Billings Med. Dict.* I. 455/1 Entomere.1854Entometatarse [see entocalcaneal].1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. vii. 324 Some writers have proposed to call them [Entozoa] Ento-parasites.1876Davis Polaris Exp.* App. 653 All the animals should be examined for ecto- and ento-parasites.1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 167 Animals of feeble vitality.. are rarely, if ever, free from these ento-parasitic plants.1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol.* (1870) I. 250 Those [feelings] internally initiated, which we may conveniently call ento⁓peripheral.1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat.* 167 Upwards of ten species of entophytes have already been discovered parasitic upon man.1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat.* IV. 118/1 This substance [White Thrush] is in part ento⁓phytic.1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat.* 227 Entophytic fungi spring from beneath the cuticle of living plants.1896R. Lydekker R. Nat. Hist. V. 77 Owing to the absence of the unpaired entoplastral bone.1871T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vert.* v. 202 The entoplastron and the two epiplastra correspond with the median and lateral thoracic plates of the Labyrinthodont Amphibia.1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An.* xii. 680 The lowest known term..of the Malacozoic Series is an entoproctous Polyzoon.1854Owen in Circ. Sc.* (c. 1865) II. 79/1 The entopterygoids.1880Gunther Fishes* 55 The entopterygoid, an oblong and thin bone attached to the inner border of the palatine and pterygoid.1876Bernstein Five Senses 80 All such phenomena are called entoptic, because they deal with the perceptions of the internal portions of the eye.1876Catal. Sci. App. S. Kens. 551 Apparatus to determine the position of entoptic objects—in the humours of the eye.1864Reader 2 July 11 The light that enters the eye may, under certain conditions, cause one to see objects that exist within the eye-ball; and an investigation of these conditions is called Entoptics.1902Proc. Zool. Soc. 17 June 174 From the middle of its area arises a stout, hooked entosclerite, which projects backwards into the cavity of the prosoma.1885G. H. Fowler in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci.* XXV. 578 The septa lying in these two classes of chambers are similarly called exosepta and entosepta.1903Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Feb. 147 The union of the entoseptum within each pair of the second cycle mesenteries with the adjoining exosepta.1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat.* I. 284/1 A middle one [i.e. centre] which supports the keel, termed..the entosternal.1854Owen in Circ. Sc.* (c. 1865) II. 69/2 The median piece of the plastron, called ‘entosternal’, answers to the sternum of the crocodile.1884E. R. Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXI. 547 In order to make a close comparison of these Entosternites, it will be necessary to determine exactly the insertions of the muscles to which they give origin.1888Rolleston & Jackson Forms Anim. Life* 526 An entosternite or chitinoid fibro-cellular plate.1902Nature 25 Sept. 529 The entosternite of Mygale.1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 527/2 The affinity between Limulus and the Arachnids, indicated by the presence of a free suspended entosternum or plastron or entosternite in both.1878Foster Phys.* iii. iii. 457 Corresponding to entoptic phenomena there are various entotic phenomena.1881Mivart Cat* 65 An internal, much wider part, the ento-tympanic. ento- word-forming element used chiefly in biology and meaning "within, inside, inner," from Greek ento-, comb. form of entos (adv., prep.) "within, inside," as a noun, "inner parts" (cognate with Latin intus), from PIE entos, from en "in" (see in) + adverbial suffix -tos, denoting origin. ento- /ˈɛntəʊ/ combining form. Before a vowel also ent-. ORIGIN: Repr. Greek entos within: see -o-. = endo-. DERIVATIVE entoblast noun (Biology) (a)^†rare a cell nucleolus; (b) endoderm, esp. that of an embryo: M19. entoˈconid noun (Zoology) a cusp on the posterior lingual corner of the tribosphenic lower molar L19. entoderm noun (Biology) = endoderm 1 L19. entoˈdermal adjective (Biology) = endodermal L19. entoˈparasite noun = endoparasite L19. entoparaˈsitic adjective = endoparasitic L19. entophyte noun = endophyte (b) M19. entophytic /-ˈfɪtɪk/ adjective = endophytic M19. entotymˈpanic adjective (Anatomy) situated within the tympanum L19. entoˈzoal adjective of, pertaining to, or designating an entozoon M19. entozoon /-ˈzəʊɒn/ noun, pl. -zoa /-ˈzəʊə/, an animal that lives inside another, esp. as a parasite M19. ento-* — see ent- ento- Prefix Synonym of endo- Derived terms See Category:English words prefixed with ento- See also exo- in- 前缀：ento- 【词根含义】：内部
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