ENDOTHECA

‖En′do‐the″ca (?), n. [[NL., from Gr. ἔνδον within + θήκη a case, box, fr. � to place.]] (Zoöl.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. — En′do‐the″cal (#), a.