Meanings
adjectiveendomechanical (not comparable)
- not comparablemedicineDescribing any device who mechanism operates inside the body
It is one of the most important results of the advances in surgical techniques, vascular sealing devices and endomechanical staplers that have increasingly augmented the safety of minimally invasive pancreatic resections.
2015 July 7, Isacco Damoli et al., “Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery – a review”, in Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques, volume 10, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
- Proto-Hellenic*éndon
- Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
- Englishendo-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Old Frenchmecanique
- Middle Englishmechanic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Middle Englishmechanical
- Englishmechanical
- Englishendomechanical
From endo- + mechanical.
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APA
endomechanical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endomechanical
MLA
“endomechanical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endomechanical. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endomechanical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endomechanical.
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