endophora

noun Grammar.

the use of a word or phrase to refer to something either preceding it or following it within a text or discourse; anaphora or cataphora.

Compare exophora.

Origin:
endo- + (ana)phora

Related forms

en·do·phor·ic

[en-duh-fawr-ik, -for-] , adjective

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