- developing from without; originating externally
- Biol. of or relating to external factors, as food or light, that have an effect upon an organism
Origin of exogenous
exogen + -ous
adjective
The definition of exogenous is developing from the outside.
An example of exogenous used as an adjective is in the phrase "an exogenous shell," which means a shell on the outside.
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exogenous
adjective
- Originating externally: an exogenous model of economic growth.
- Originating or produced from outside a cell, tissue, or organism: exogenous antioxidants.
Origin of exogenous
French exogène Greek exō- exo- French -gène -genRelated Forms:
- ex·og′e·nous·ly
adverb
- ex·og′e·ny
noun
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Originating or produced from outside an organism, tissue, or cell.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- (biology) produced or originating outside of an organism
- (medicine) of a disease: having an external cause
- (economics) of information: received from outside a group
- (economics) descriptive of a group created by public as opposed to private information
- exogeny
- exogeneity
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exogenous - Medical Definition
adj.
Originating or produced from outside a cell, tissue, or organism: exogenous antioxidants.
Related Forms:
- ex·og′e·nous·ly
adv.
- ex·og′e·ny (-ə-mē)
n.
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Sentence Examples
- As it turns out, there's an exogenous reason for her depression - the strange magical sphere she inherited from her deceased father Nicholas (see above), a Villers Sphere created by a powerful mage.
- The exogenous antibodies in the mother's circulation are gradually destroyed over the next three to six months, and the mother remains unsensitized.
- Not only does the diet include the use of exogenous hormones, it also advocates users adhere to a 500 calorie per day diet plan.
- A. "Infection, fever, and exogenous and endogenous pyrogens: some concepts have changed."
- In addition, the great majority have also another method of reproduction, for increasing the number of the parasites in any individual host; this is distinguished as multiplicative or endogenous reproduction, from the propagative or exogenous method (by means of the resistant spores), which serves for the infection of fresh hosts and secures the dissemination and survival of the species.
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WORDS NEAR exogenous IN THE DICTIONARY
- exogenous
- exogamy
- exogen
- exogenetic