Definition of EXOGENOUS

exogenous

Meanings

Adjective

  • derived or originating externally

Adj

  • Having an external cause.
  • Produced or originating outside of the referent organism.
  • Having an external cause.
  • Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
  • Having an external cause.
  • Having a cause external to the infected organism.
  • Having an external cause.
  • Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
  • Having an external cause.
  • Having no meaning in itself, such as an automatically generated sequential identifier.
  • Related to the exogen growth phase.

Origin / Etymology

From exo- + -genous.

Antonyms

endogenic, endogenous

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 20

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