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endo-
- a combining form meaning “within,” used in the formation of compound words:
endocardial.
endo-
combining_form
- inside; within
endocrine
endo–
- A prefix meaning “inside,” as in endoskeleton.
Word History and Origins
Origin of endo-1
Word History and Origins
Origin of endo-1
Example Sentences
Fellow midfielder Wataru Endo says adapting will be a "challenge" and a "priority".
Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on fungi helped to lay the groundwork for widely prescribed drugs that lower a type of cholesterol that contributes to heart disease, died on June 5.
Chiba Kazuhiro, the president of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, where Dr. Endo was a professor emeritus, confirmed the death in a statement.
In the early 1970s, Dr. Endo grew fungi in an effort to find a natural substance that could block a crucial enzyme that is part of the production of cholesterol.
But by 1980, Dr. Endo’s team had found that a cholesterol-lowering drug, or statin, lowered the LDL, or “bad” cholesterol level, in the blood.
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