endoskeleton
 
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medical, military (alsoexoskeleton suit)
a suit(= a piece of clothing covering all or most of the body) that supports the body or a part of it, and is worn, for example, by people with injuries to help them to walk or by soldiers to help them carry heavy equipment:
powered exoskeletonThis powered exoskeleton was developed to assist stroke patients in walking rehabilitation.
Exoskeleton suits are wearable devices that work in tandem with the user.
Living corals, shelled animals and those with exoskeletons require calcium in the water in order to grow.
With each successive moult the current crop of fungal parasites is shed along with the old exoskeleton.
The patients' paralyzed arms will then be placed into an exoskeleton equipped with motors and sensors.

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Examples from literature

Chitin, a white horny substance found in the exoskeleton of several invertebrate animals. 
This cuticle has regions which are hard and firm, forming an exoskeleton, and, between these, areas which are relatively soft and flexible. 

exoskeleton | American Dictionary

exoskeleton
noun[ C ]
us/ˌek·soʊˈskel·ɪ·tən/
biology
a hard outer layer that covers and protects the body of some animals such as insects

Examples of exoskeleton

exoskeleton
Its diagnosis must be completed when more material of the exoskeleton is discovered.
Then, we developed a new application which allows the acquisition and the exploitation of the articular parameters of the exoskeleton.
This exoskeleton is composed of four kinematic chains with four degrees of freedom for each one of three fingers and the thumb.
An aphid was considered a mummy when its exoskeleton had become whitish-brown in colour.
This paper presents the characteristics of this exoskeleton and the graphic interface that we developed.
External surface of exoskeleton and sculpture not preserved.
This type of robot is referred to as an "extender" or "exoskeleton" system.
Figure 5 shows the complete system that allows trajectory planning of the mechanical hand by using the exoskeleton.
What remains very clearly and has exerted considerable influence on very many subsequent buildings is the articulated exoskeleton and the flamboyant display of services.
Manipulation's trajectories are replayed offline with an autonomous control, and, consequently, the exoskeleton is not used with any feedback strategy for telemanipulation.
Some tolerant animals have exoskeletons, but their tolerance is restricted to juvenile stages before skeletons form.
The latter have a chitinous exoskeleton like insects and are often associated with them in the fossil record.
This is possible because each plant cell has its own exoskeleton and a rigid cell wall.
This conflict is particularly acute in hosts anatomically confined by an exoskeleton or shell.
We present in this paper another approach that uses a specific exoskeleton to obtain the manipulation trajectories.
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