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Exogenous   Listen
adjective
exogenous  adj.  
1.
(Bot.) Derived from or originating outside; pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; the opposite of endogenous.
Synonyms: exogenetic.
2.
(Bot.) Growing by addition to the exterior; growing by addition of a new external layer of cells on the surface just beneath the bark; of plants.
3.
(Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; opposed to autogenous.
4.
(Med.) Caused by factors from outside the body, rather than from an abnormality of internal functions; of illness.
5.
(Biol., Biochem.) Not synthesized within the organism; absorbed or assimilated from outside the organism.
Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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