-ensis

a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to,” “originating in,” used in modern Latin scientific coinages, esp. derivatives of place names: canadensis; carolinensis.

[< Latin -ēnsis; compare -ese]

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Por su parte, el termino golgiensis, se encuentra compuesto por Golgi (eponimo) + sufijo -ensis que indica el genitivo (el caso genitivo indica, entre otras caracteristicas, pertenencia, origen, propiedad, cualidad, autor) de tercera declinacion.

Por su parte el termino panethensis, se encuentra compuesto por Paneth (eponimo) + sufijo -ensis del genitivo de tercera declinacion.

Persistence of Eponyms in Terminologia Histologica/ Persistencia de Eponimos en Terminologia Histologica

* -ense, -ensis, -ica, -ana (also -icum, -icus, -anum, -anus): "From " or "native to." Examples: canadeense=from Canada; can talupensis=from Cantaluppa, Italy; indica=from India; Americana=from America.

Botanical Latin for the plebeian reader

-- The nomen triviale combines the name of the county in Texas from which the type host was collected and -ensis (L., belonging to).

A new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Pseudemys texana (Testudines: Emydidae), from north-central Texas

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