exogenous
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[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɑ.d͡ʒə.nəs/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ekˈsɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəs/
Adjective
[edit]exogenous (not comparable)
- Having an external cause.
- (biology) Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
- Synonym: xenobiotic
- (biology) Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
- (medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism.
- (economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
- (databases, of a key) Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.
- (biology) Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
- (biology, dermatology, uncommon) Related to the exogen growth phase.
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[edit]Produced or originating outside of an organism.
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Having a cause external to the infected organism