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The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

And endostoma.

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

A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal, a.

The inner lining of an another cell.

Of, or relating to, endothelium.

The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Like endothelium.

t. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; as, an endothermic substance; -- opposed to exothermic.

An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

uniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.

To endow. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

n institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

See Entozoa.

To make a drudge or slave of. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To invest. Latham. Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke xxiv. 49. Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. Book of Common Prayer.

Act of enduing; induement.

Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.