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Within a lymphatic vessel.

Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]

A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.

To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea. That darksome cave they enter. Spenser. I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. M…

A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.

Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.

A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.

Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.

The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell. Agassiz.

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship. Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips.

A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement. [An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.