Definition of Endophytic

1. Adjective. of or relating to an endophyte ¹

2. Adjective. growing inside another organism, e.g. of parasites or cancer tumors, contrasted to exophytic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endophytic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Endophytic

1. 1. Pertaining to an endophyte. 2. Referring to an infiltrative, invasive tumour. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endophytic

endophilin
endophlebitis
endophloeum
endophlum
endophora
endophoras
endophragma
endophragmal
endophthalmitis
endophthalmitis ophthalmia nodosa
endophthalmitis phacoanaphylactica
endophthalmodonesis
endophyllous
endophyte
endophytes
endophytic (current term)
endoplasm
endoplasma
endoplasmic
endoplasmic reticula
endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmin
endoplasms
endoplast
endoplastic
endoplastica
endoplasts
endoplastule
endoplastules
endopleura

Literary usage of Endophytic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Known as "bark strands" (also as "longitudinal strands" and "cortical strands"), they establish the basic framework for the endophytic system (Srivastava ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1898)
"An endophytic Fungus infesting Enlarged Crinoid Stems. In 1879 I published a paper, " Observations on the Swollen Condition of Carboniferous Crinoid Stems," ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"In 1895 I called attention to the presence of a similar endophytic fungus in the ... and hence purely sapro- phytic type, an endophytic fungus is ..."

4. A Treatise on the British Freshwater Algae by George Stephen West (1904)
"This family includes a number of endophytic Algae in which the plant-body is either a simple rounded cell or a slightly branched ..."

5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"27032 endophytic adaptation On the stages of development reached by certain biologic forms of ... 27034 Preliminary note on an endophytic species of the ..."

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