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endosarc

American  
[en-duh-sahrk] / ˈɛn dəˌsɑrk /

noun

Biology.

  1. the endoplasm of a protozoan (ectosarc ).

Other Word Forms

  • endosarcous adjective

Etymology

Origin of endosarc

First recorded in 1865–70; endo- + -sarc

Example Sentences

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The creature contained a number of spherical food spaces with sienna colored contents, a large diatom filled with endochrome, besides several clear food spaces, a posterior contractile vesicle, and the usual glanular endosarc.

From Project Gutenberg

Later the amoeba verrucosa was broken up into fine spherical granular balls, and these gradually became obscured and apparently diffused among the granular contents of the endosarc of the amoeba limax.

From Project Gutenberg

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