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endoscopic, a.
Brit. |ˌɛndəˈskɒpɪk|, U.S. |ˌɛndəˈskɑpɪk|
[‹ endo- prefix and comb. form + -scopic comb. form. In sense 2, after French endoscopique (1865); compare endoscope n., endoscopy n. at endo- prefix and comb. form Affix.]
†1. Math. In J. J. Sylvester's usage: (of a method for expressing or solving an equation, etc.) regarding coefficients as functions or roots of other elements, rather than as independent elements in the equation or expression. Cf. exoscopic adj. at exo- prefix Affix. Obs. rare.
1853J. J. Sylvester in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143409 The method becoming as it may be said endoscopic instead of being exoscopic as in the first section. 1864J. J. Sylvester in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 154666 (heading) On an endoscopic representation of the above criteria.
2. Med. and Surg. Performed by means of an endoscope; designating diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed under the guidance of an endoscope or using instruments passed through an endoscope; of, relating to, or used in such procedures.
1865F. R. Cruise in Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 77 341 In an endoscopic examination we cannot see the orifices of lacunæ. 1879F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) i. ii. 90 An endoscopic examination is attempted. 1894Westm. Gaz. 7 Dec. 3/2 A man who has thrown more light on obscure diseases of the bladder by his endoscopic examinations than any doctor in this country. 1936Science 3 Jan. 7/2 (advt.) Endoscopic cameras. 1957Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 93 266 During endoscopic resection of the prostate or a tumor of the bladder, a constantly clear view of the operative field is of paramount importance. 1976Pediatrics 58 362 With recent improvements in pediatric endoscopic instruments, the efficacy of bronchoscopy exceeds 90%. 1981Digestive Dis. & Sci. 26 (Suppl. 7) 60 Prevention [of infection] is probably related in part to good endoscopic technique. 2001Mode Sept. 70/2 An Endoscopic Forehead Lift, a surgical procedure, gives a gentle lift without a dramatic change to the face.
3. Bot. Designating, relating to, or exhibiting orientation of the apical pole of the embryo plant towards the base of the archegonium, as in lycopods, some ferns, and seed plants.
1923F. O. Bower in Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 43 8 Those [embryos] which are endoscopic are found in the Lycopods, certain of the most primitive Filicales, and all Seed-Plants. 1923F. O. Bower in Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 43 28 It has been shown that in Archegoniate Plants there are two opposite types of orientation of this spindle as regards the nursing organ or archegonium, viz. the exoscopic and the endoscopic. 1955C. W. Wardlaw Embryogenesis in Plants ii. 15 In some [bryophytes and pteridophytes]..the embryo is endoscopic, i.e. directed away from the archegonial neck. 1973T. Swain in G. Bendz & J. Santesson Chem. in Bot. Classif. 82/2 The three present orders [of lycopods]..having many features in common, including endoscopic embryogeny (the embryo develops from the inner cell of the zygote). 1995Phytomorphology 45 191 During the transition of the embryo from the exoscopic to the endoscopic state, the foot produced a new structure, the suspensor. |