endoskeletal

English

Etymology

endo- +‎ skeletal

Adjective

endoskeletal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
   • 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436:

     All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus.

Antonyms

• exoskeletal

Related terms

• endoskeleton

Translations

Of, or pertaining to an endoskeleton

• Finnish: sisäisen tukirangan (genitive of noun)
• French: endosquelettique m or f
• Italian: endoscheletrico