SINCE 1828
endophytic
adjective
en·do·phyt·ic
| \ ˌen-dō-ˈfit-ik
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Medical Definition of endophytic
: tending to grow inward into tissues in fingerlike projections from a superficial site of origin
—used of tumors
— compare exophytic
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