| entoplastic | <biology> Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced. Origin: Ento- + Gr. To mold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| entoplastron | <anatomy> The median plate of the plastron of turtles. Synonym: entosternum. (30 Mar 1998) |
| entoprocta | <zoology> A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Within + the anus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| entoptic | <ophthalmology, physiology> Relating to objects situated within the eye; especially, relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye. (30 Mar 1998) |
| entoptic pulse | An intermittent phose synchronous with the pulse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| entoretina | The layers of the retina from the outer plexiform to the nerve fibre layer inclusive. Synonym: Henle's nervous layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| entorganism | <biology> An internal parasitic organism. (30 Mar 1998) |
| entorhinal area | Brodmann's area 28, a cytoarchitecturally well-defined area of multilaminate cerebral cortex on the medial aspect of the parahippocampal gyrus, immediately caudal to the olfactory cortex of the uncus; the area is the origin of the major fibre system afferent to the hippocampus, the so-called perforant pathway. (05 Mar 2000) |
| entorhinal cortex | The cytoarchitecturally well-defined area of multilaminate cerebral cortex on the medial aspect of the parahippocampal gyrus, immediately caudal to the olfactory cortex of the uncus. The entorhinal cortex is the origin of the major neural fibre system afferent to the hippocampus, the so-called perforant pathway. (12 Dec 1998) |
| entosarc | <biology> The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the amoeba; entoplasm; endoplasta. Origin: Endo- + Gr, flesh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| entosternum | <anatomy> See Entoplastron. Entoster"nal. Origin: NL. See Ento-, and Sternum. (30 Mar 1998) |
| entosthoblast | <cell biology> The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell. Origin: Gr. 'entosthe from within. (30 Mar 1998) |
| entothorax | <zoology> An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects. Origin: Endo- + thorax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| entotic | <anatomy> Pertaining to the interior of the ear. Origin: Ent- + Gr, the ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| entozoa | 1. <zoology> A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc, most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes. 2. An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Within + an animal. (30 Mar 1998) |