Definition of Endocentric

1. Adjective. Fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents. "When `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction"

Category relationships: Grammar
Antonyms: Exocentric

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endocentric

endocardial sclerosis
endocardiography
endocarditic
endocarditis
endocarditis
endocarditises
endocarditis chordalis
endocardium
endocardium
endocarp
endocarp
endocarps
endocast
endocasts
endoceliac
endocentric (current term)
endocervical
endocervical curettage
endocervical sinus tumour
endocervical smear
endocervicitis
endocervicitis
endocervix
endochondral
endochondral
endochondral bone
endochrome
endocolitis
endocolpitis
endocranial

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