| 释义 |
end-
combining form
or endo-
Etymology: French, from Greek, from endon within, at home, from en in + -don (perhaps akin to Latin domus house) — more at in, timber
1.
a. : within : inside
< Endamoeba >
< endoscope >
b. : taking in : requiring
< endergonic >
— opposed to exo-
2. endo-
a. : forming a bridge between two atoms in a cyclic system or having a bond or bivalent radical regarded as a bridge
< endoethylenic bridge >
< 1,4-endomethylene-cyclohexane >
b. sometimes italic : having one or more substituents directed inward — in names of stereoisomeric compounds containing a 6-membered ring in its boat form
< 2,5-methylene-endo-cyclohexyl-amine >
— compare exo- b
3. : endocardium and
< endopericarditis > |