endoskeletal
- adjective
- /ˌɛndəˈskɛlɪtəl/
- Specialized
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endoesquelético
- No differences in walking cycle and gait were noted when the endoskeletal prosthesis was compared to a standard Jaipur foot.
- endoskeletal prosthesis
The northern continent had been dominated by insects and their distant cousins, the endoskeletal pseudoarthropods.
- The northern continent had been dominated by insects and their distant cousins, the endoskeletal pseudoarthropods.
Examples
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Subjects wore an endoskeletal prosthetic system allowing the investigators to use their own prosthetic socket during testing.
Academic text (1995) -
It appears to be some kind of endoskeletal animal.
Fiction book (1998) -
The northern continent had been dominated by insects and their distant cousins, the endoskeletal pseudoarthropods.
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As mentioned above, lower limb prostheses are built in two different ways: the exoskeletal method and the endoskeletal method.
Academic text (2009) -
In the endoskeletal method, the prosthesis has a carrying structure inserted between the socket and prosthetic feet.
Academic text (2009) -
Their surviving records mention endoskeletal lifeforms emerging from the seas to exploit the land, and of course, preying on the exoskeletal animals that had arrived before them.
Fiction book (1999) -
Because the majority of the AFMA prostheses were endoskeletal, 79 percent compared with 32 percent of the subjects' pre-AFMA prostheses, the AFMA prostheses were generally lighter.
Academic text (1992) -
These preliminary experiments indicate that fresh cadaveric ankle-foot bones possess sufficient strength to withstand the stresses of normal walking when used as an endoskeletal support inside a fabric-reinforced rubberized prosthetic foot.
Academic text (1990) -
Many fish species are classified as endoskeletal because they have an internal skeleton made of bone or cartilage.
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The design of the robot was endoskeletal, providing both support and flexibility with its internal framework.
Synonyms
Made with an internal frame to give shape and support
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word endoskeletal comes from the parts endo- meaning 'inside' and skeleton meaning 'frame' or 'skeleton'. So an endoskeletal animal has its support 'frame' or bones inside its body, like mammals and other animals with a backbone.
