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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.






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"Exogenous" Quotes from Famous Books



... hollow; and I have seen one in which twenty or thirty men could lie down and sleep as in a hut. Nor does cutting down exterminate it, for I saw instances in Angola in which it continued to grow in length after it was lying on the ground. Those trees called exogenous grow by means of successive layers on the outside. The inside may be dead, or even removed altogether, without affecting the life of the tree. This is the case with most of the trees of our climate. The other class is called endogenous, and increases by layers applied to the inside; and ...
— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone



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